# Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts

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- Book: [Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil/japans-dietary-transition-and-its-impacts) ([Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil/japans-dietary-transition-and-its-impacts.md))
- Authors: [Vaclav Smil](https://www.bookquiver.com/vaclav-smil), [Kazuhiko Kobayashi](https://www.bookquiver.com/kazuhiko-kobayashi)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-6230-446-7
- Published: 2012-08-24
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

An examination of the transformation of the Japanese diet from subsistence to abundance and an assessment of the consequences for health, longevity, and the environment. In a little more than a century,...