Health, nutrition and food demand /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2003.
• Subjects: Food supply.; Food consumption.; Health education.; Food habits.; Nutrition.; Public health.; Food Economics, (New March 2000); Consumer Economics.; Human Nutrition (General); Man.; Advertising.; Behaviour.; Consumer attitudes.; Consumer behaviour.; Consumer economics.; Economics.; Market regulations.; Electronic books.
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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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / Wen S. Chern and Kyrre Rickertsen
• 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
• 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
• Health Information and Food Demand in Eastern and Western Germany / Susanne Wildner and Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
• Health Information and Food Demand in France / Véronique Nichèle
• The Impact of Nutrient Intake on 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
• Relative Impacts of Health Information and Advertising on Commodity Markets : US Meats / Henry W. Kinnucan, Øystein 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
• Assessment of Findings and Future Research / Wen S. Chern and Kyrre Rickertsen.