Includes bibliographical references and index.

The history of food and public health / Emily Contois and Anastasia Day -- History and development of the 2015-2020 dietary guidelines for Americans / Alice H. Lichtenstein and Allison Karpyn -- Behavioral design as an emerging theory for dietary behavior change / NCCOR Behavioral Design Working Group -- Health disparities : race, ethnicity, gender and class / Alison G.M. Brown and Sara C. Folta -- Healthy food marketing / Allison Karpyn -- Policy efforts supporting healthy diets for adults and children / Courtney A. Parks, Eric E. Calloway, Teresa M. Smith and Amy L. Yaroch -- Food insecurity and public health / Molly Knowles, Joanna Simmons, Mariana Chilton -- Obesogenic environments and public health mitigation strategies / Allison Karpyn -- Food controversies : the healthy pulse of a democracy? / F. Bailey Norwood -- The obesity pandemic and food insecurity in developing countries : a case study from the Caribbean / Kristen Lowitt, Katherine Gray-Donald, Gordon M. Hickey, Arlette Saint Ville, Isabella Francis-Granderson, Chandra A. Madramootoo, and Leroy Phillip -- Intersections of food and culture : case studies of sugar and meat from Australia, Japan, Thailand, and Nigeria / Wakako Takeda, Cathy Banwell, Kelebogile T. Setiloane, and Melissa K. Melby -- From soil to stomach : agritourism and public health / Erecia Hepburn and Allison Karpyn.