Economics, food choices, and nutrition

Citation
J. Blaylock et al., Economics, food choices, and nutrition, FOOD POLICY, 24(2-3), 1999, pp. 269-286
Citations number
65
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture/Agronomy,Economics
Journal title
FOOD POLICY
ISSN journal
03069192 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
269 - 286
Database
ISI
SICI code
0306-9192(199904/06)24:2-3<269:EFCAN>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Our goal in this paper is to examine the role and influence of economic fac tors, defined rather broadly, on consumer food choices, and, hence, nutriti onal outcomes. We attempt to do this in a non-technical fashion. We examine the role of prices, especially as they relate to the affordability of food in the United States and as a policy lever. Income is analyzed as a drivin g force behind changes in eating habits, in particular increasing the deman d for convenience. The role of time constraints as well as time preference are examined as links to healthy eating habits and as fords behind current trends in eating patterns. Information and knowledge are given prominent pl ay as counter balances to economic forces driving eating habits. We conclud e with and examination into maternal nutrition knowledge and children's die tary quality. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.