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Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts - 9780262017824

Un libro in lingua di Vaclav Smil Kazuhiko Kobayashi edito da Mit Pr, 2012

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In a little more than a century, the Japanese diet has undergone a dramatictransformation. In 1900, a plant-based, near-subsistence diet was prevalent, with virtually noconsumption of animal protein. By the beginning of the twenty-first century, Japan's consumption ofmeat, fish, and dairy had increased markedly (although it remained below that of high-income Westerncountries). This dietary transition was a key aspect of the modernization that made Japan theworld's second largest economic power by the end of the twentieth century, and it has helped Japanachieve an enviable demographic primacy, with the world's highest life expectancy and a populationthat is generally healthier (and thinner) than that of other modern affluent countries. In thisbook, Vaclav Smil and Kazuhiko Kobayashi examine Japan's gradual but profound dietary change andinvestigate its consequences for health, longevity, and the environment. Smil and Kobayashi pointout that the gains in the quality of Japan's diet have exacted a price in terms of land use changes,water requirements, and marine resource depletion; and because Japan imports so much of its food,this price is paid globally as well as domestically. The book's systematic analysis of these diverseconsequences offers the most detailed account of Japan's dietary transition available inEnglish.

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