HOW ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCE THE NUTRIENT CONTENT OF DIETS

Kuo Huang

No 20847, 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Economic factors such as food prices and consumer income affect food choices with consequences for the availability of nutrients. A model is developed to estimate how the availability of 28 nutrients would change as consumers alter their food purchases in response to changes in food prices and income.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12
Date: 1998
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Working Paper: How Economic Factors Influence the Nutrient Content of Diets (1997)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20847

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