Nutrition and GlobalizationImpact on Nutrition

Developing Countries• Increasing food trade reduces food

insecurity– Decrease in malnutrition by 40 million

people in the 90’s• Major shift in “nutrition problems”• Traditional diet’s are being replaced

with Western diets.– Increasing incidence of obesity and

chronic diseasesPinstrup-Anderson and Babinard, 2001

Acculturation to America• Does acculturation make us

sick?• A study in the JADA (2010)

found that as Latino’s assimilated into “mainstream” America, dietary quality deteriorated.

What is “American Food?”• Few things originated in

America– Blueberries, sunflowers,

cranberries, pecans– Passenger pigeon– Breakfast cereals

• Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, Mesoamerica– Bagel– Pasta– French fries– Hot dogs– Ice Cream

“Today food and people from around the world influence each other. Food changes people as much as people change food.”Bugs for Breakfast, Learning Seed (2001)

•Globalization exposes millions to a variety of new foods. •We assume that "ethnic food" is a part of our dietary mix, but during World War I, immigrants were urged to give up their favorite foods and eat a "healthy American diet."

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