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Health, nutrition and food demand /

This book discusses the likely impacts of health information on the demand for various foods in various countries and among various socioeconomic groups. The effects of types of information such as food scares related to mad cow disease and advertising are also discussed. The book serves as referenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Chern, Wen S., Rickertsen, Kyrre
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wallingford, U.K. ; Cambridge, Mass. : CABI Pub., ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Emerging Health and Nutrition Issues on Food Demand
  • Health, Nutrition and Demand for Food: an American Perspective / Wen S. Chern
  • Health, Nutrition and Demand for Food: a European Perspective / Kyrre Rickertsen and Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
  • US Experiences
  • Double Impact: Educational Attainment and the Macronutrient Intake of US Adults / Jayachandran N. Variyam
  • Assessing the Importance of Health Information in Relation to Dietary Intakes in the USA / Sung-Yong Kim, Rodolfo Nayga, Jr. and Oral Capps, Jr.
  • A Sample Selection Model with Endogenous Health Knowledge: Egg Consumption in the USA / Kamhon Kan and Steven T. Yen
  • European Experiences
  • Health Information and Food Demand in Eastern and Western Germany / Susanne Wildner and Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
  • Health Information and Food Demand in Spain / Ana M. Angulo, Jose M. Gil, Azucena Gracia and Monia Ben Kaabia
  • Health Information and Unstable Effects from Autocorrelation / Kyrre Rickertsen and Dadi Kristofersson
  • Health Information and Producer, Market and Government Responses
  • Relative Impacts of Health Information and Advertising on Commodity Markets: US Meats / Henry W. Kinnucan, Oystein Myrland and Laxmi Paudel
  • The Impact of Dietary Cholesterol Concerns on Consumer Demand for Eggs in the USA / Todd M. Schmit and Harry M. Kaiser
  • Employing an Environmental Taxation Mechanism to Reduce Fat Intake / John M. Santarossa and David D. Mainland
  • How do Markets Respond to Food Scares? / Tim Lloyd, Steven McCorriston and Wyn Morgan
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Assessment of Findings and Future Research / Wen S. Chern and Kyrre Rickertsen.