Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-228) and index.
Introduction : obesity and the neoliberal diet -- The neoliberal food regime and its crisis : the dynamic factors -- Neoregulation of agricultural biotechnology at the national and suprastate scales -- Food and inequality in the United States -- Class diets in the NAFTA region : divergence or convergence? -- NAFTA, agriculture, and work : Mexico's loss of food and labor sovereignty -- Globalizing the neoliberal diet : food security and trade -- Food security, obesity, and inequality : measuring the risk of exposure to the neoliberal diet -- Conclusion : what is to be done?