Health, Nutrition and Food Demand

W S Chern And K Rickertsen (Eds) (2003)

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.

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Part I: 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 , Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany

Part II: US Experiences

  • Double Impact: Educational Attainment and the Macronutrient Intake of US Adults, Jayachandran N Variyam, Economic Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington DC, USA
  • Assessing the Importance of Health Information on Dietary Intakes in the US, Sung-Yong Kim, Korea Rural Economic Institute, Seoul, Korea, Rodolfo Nayga, Jr, and Oral Capps, Jr, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
  • A Sample Selection Model with Endogenous Health Knowledge: Egg Consumption in the United States, Kamhon Kan, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan and Steven Yen, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA

Part III: European Experiences

  • Health Information and Food Demand in Eastern and Western Germany, Susanne Wildner, formerly University of Kiel, Germany and Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
  • Health Information and Food Demand in France, Véronique Nichèle, Consumption Research Laboratory, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), France
  • The Impact of Nutrient Intake on Food Demand in Spain, Ana M Angulo, University of Zaragoza, Gran Vía, Spain, Jose M Gil, and Azucena Gracia, Unidad de Economia Agraria, Servicio de Investigación Agroalimentaria, Zaragoza, Spain and Monia Ben Kaabia, University of Zaragoza, Gran Vía, Spain
  • Health Information and Unstable Effects from Autocorrelation, Kyrre Rickertsen and Dadi Kristofersson, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Agricultural University of Norway, Norway

Part IV:Health Information and Producer, Market, and Government Responses

  • Relative Impacts of Health Information and Advertising on Commodity Markets: US Meats, Henry W Kinnucan, Auburn University, Alabama, USA, Øystein Myrland, University of Tromsø, Breivika, Norway and Laxmi Paudel, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
  • The Impact of Dietary Cholesterol Concerns on Consumer Demand for Eggs in the United States, Todd M Schmit and Harry M Kaiser, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
  • Employing an Environmental Taxation Mechanism to Reduce Fat Intake, John M Santarossa and David D Mainland (formerly of) Scottish Agricultural College, Ayr, UK
  • How Do Markets Respond to Food Scares? Tim Lloyd and Wyn Morgan, University of Nottingham, UK and Steven McCorriston, School of Business and Economics, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

Part V:Concluding Remarks

  • Assessment of Findings and Future Research, Wen S Chern and Kyrre Rickertsen