Data/hora: 03/06/2024 03:01:21

Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by Low-Income Americans:  Would a Price Reduction Make a Difference?
Autores: | Dong,   Diansheng; Lin,   Biing-Hwan.
Data: | 2009-12-18
Ano: | 2009
Palavras-chave: | Price subsidy; Demand elasticity; Food consumption; Fruits and vegetables; Low income; Homescan Data; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES); And MyPyramid; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis.
Resumo: | Americans’ diets, particularly those of low-income households, fall short of Government recommendations in the quantity of fruits and vegetables consumed. Some proposals suggest that a price subsidy for those products would encourage low-income Americans to consume more of them. This study estimated that a 10-percent subsidy would encourage low-income Americans to increase their consumption of fruits by 2.1-5.2 percent and vegetables by 2.1-4.9 percent. The annual cost of such a subsidy for low-income Americans would be about $310 million for fruits and $270 million for vegetables. And most would still not meet Federal dietary recommendations.
Tipo: | Report
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/55835

Relação:

United States Department of Agriculture&gt;Economic Research Service&gt;Economic Research Report

Economic Research Report

Number 70

Formato: | 17