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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780352803321

Titolo

Health, nutrition and food demand [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Wen S. Chern and Kyrre Rickertsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI Pub., c2003

ISBN

1-280-83371-8

9786610833719

0-85199-797-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChernWen S

RickertsenKyrre

Disciplina

363.8

Soggetti

Food consumption

Food habits

Food supply

Health education

Nutrition

Public health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Health, Nutrition and Demand for Food: an American Perspective; 3 Health, Nutrition and Demand for Food: a European Perspective; 4 Double Impact: Educational Attainment and the Macronutrient Intake of US Adults; 5 Assessing the Importance of Health Information in Relation to Dietary Intakes in the USA; 6 A Sample Selection Model with Endogenous Health Knowledge: Egg Consumption in the USA; 7 Health Information and Food Demand in Eastern and Western Germany; 8 Health Information and Food Demand in France

9 The Impact of Nutrient Intake on Food Demand in Spain10 Health Information and Unstable Effects from Autocorrelation; 11 Relative Impacts of Health Information and Advertising on Commodity Markets: US Meats; 12 The Impact of Dietary Cholesterol Concerns on Consumer Demand for Eggs in the USA; 13 Employing an Environmental Taxation Mechanism to Reduce Fat Intake; 14 How do Markets Respond to Food



Scares?; 15 Assessment of Findings and Future Research; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The results of several comparative studies on the impacts of health information on food consumption and behaviour amongst various socio-economic groups are presented in this book. It also provides economic analysis of food demand estimations and predictions about future food systems.