Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Global influences on milk purchasing in New Zealand – implications for health and inequalities | Globalization and Health BioMed Central Open Access Debate Global influences on milk purchasing in New Zealand - implications for health and inequalities Moira B Smith and Louise Signal Address HePPRU Health Promotion and Policy Research Unit HIA Research Unit Department of Public Health University of Otago Wellington Mein St Newtown PO Box 7343 Wellington South New Zealand Email Moira B Smith - moirab@ Louise Signal - Corresponding author Published 19 January 2009 Received 28 July 2008 Globalization and Health 2009 5 1 doi 1744-8603-5-1 Accepted 19 January 2009 This article is available from http content 5 1 1 2009 Smith and Signal licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Background Economic changes and policy reforms consistent with economic globalization in New Zealand in the mid-1980s combined with the recent global demand for dairy products particularly from countries undergoing a nutrition transition have created an environment where a proportion of the New Zealand population is now experiencing financial difficulty purchasing milk. This situation has the potential to adversely affect health. Discussion Similar to other developed nations widening income disparities and health inequalities have resulted from economic globalization in New Zealand with regard to nutrition a proportion of the population now faces food poverty. Further rates of overweight obesity and chronic diseases have increased in recent decades primarily affecting indigenous people and lower socioeconomic groups. Economic globalization in New Zealand has changed the domestic milk supply with regard to the consumer and may shed light on the link between globalization .
