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Health, Nutrition and Food Demand Wen S. Chern (Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University, USA)

Health, Nutrition and Food Demand By Wen S. Chern (Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University, USA)

Summary

This timely book presents the results of several comparative studies of the impacts of health information on food consumption behaviour amongst various socio-economic groups, and across many different countries.

Health, Nutrition and Food Demand Summary

Health, Nutrition and Food Demand by Wen S. Chern (Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University, USA)

Over the last two decades, increasing concerns about health risks related to diets have had significant impacts on food consumption patterns in the United States and Europe. This timely book presents the results of several comparative studies of the impacts of health information on food consumption behaviour amongst various socio-economic groups, and across many different countries. It also provides economic analysis of food demand estimations, and implications for future global food systems.

Table of Contents

1: Introduction, Wen S Chern and Kyrre Rickertsen Part I: Emerging Health and Nutrition Issues on Food Demand 2: Health, Nutrition, and Demand for Food: An American Perspective, 3: Health, Nutrition, and Demand for Food: A European Perspective, Part II: US Experiences 4: Double Impact: Educational Attainment and the Macronutrient Intake of US Adults, 5: Assessing the Importance of Health Information on Dietary Intakes in the US, 6: A Sample Selection Model with Endogenous Health Knowledge: Egg Consumption in the United States, Part III: European Experiences 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 Spain, 10: Health Information and Unstable Effects from Autocorrelation, Part IV: Health Information and Producer, Market, and Government Responses 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 United States, 13: Employing an Environmental Taxation Mechanism to Reduce Fat Intake, 14: How Do Markets Respond to Food Scares? Part V: Concluding Remarks 15: Assessment of Findings and Future Research,

Additional information

GOR006391628
9780851996479
0851996477
Health, Nutrition and Food Demand by Wen S. Chern (Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, The Ohio State University, USA)
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Hardback
CABI Publishing
20030325
320
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