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Traill, W. Bruce; Arnoult, Matthieu H.; Chambers, Stephanie A.; Deaville, E.R.; Gordon, Michael H.; John, P.; Jones, Philip J.; Kliem, K.E.; Mortimer, S.R.; Tiffin, J. Richard. |
Concern over diet-health relationships has moved to the forefront of public health concerns in the UK and much of the developed world. It has been estimated, for example, that obesity costs the UK National Health Service up to £6b per year (Rayner and Scarborough, 2005), but if all consumers were to follow recommended healthy eating guidelines there would be major implications for food consumption, land use and international trade (Srinivasan et al, 2006). This is unlikely to happen, at least in the short term, but it is realistic to anticipate some dietary adjustment toward the recommendations, resulting in an improvement in diet quality (Mazzocchi et al, 2007). Although consumers are reluctant to make major changes to their diets, they may be prepared to... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Industrial Organization. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/49893 |
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Costa-Font, Montserrat; Tranter, Richard B.; Gil, Jose Maria; Jones, Philip J.; Gylling, Morten. |
The introduction and communication of new technologies in the food industries has given rise in the past to some scientific uncertainty that hampers informed choice. Here we draw upon the case of Genetically Modified (GM) technology and, in particular, on different types of GM food, to investigate consumers’ behavioural reactions to GM food as well as their willingness to pay for avoiding GM food in three EU countries, Denmark, GB and Spain in 2007. Our unique contribution lies in that our empirical analysis concerns two food products containing different characteristics. In particular, we compare consumers’ reactions to cornflakes (to represent a processed food) and tomatoes (to represent a 'fresh' food) juxtaposed with GM and conventionally produced... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Genetically modified food; Consumer behavior; Choice models; Denmark; Great Britain; Spain; Food Security and Poverty. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/91750 |
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Arnoult, Matthieu H.; Jones, Philip J.; Tranter, Richard B.; Tiffin, J. Richard; Traill, W. Bruce. |
Household food consumption data is used to estimate likely changes in diet under healthy eating guidelines, and the consequences this would have on the agricultural sector in England and Wales. The first step entails imposing nutrient restrictions on food consumption following dietary recommendations. The resulting diet is then used as a proxy for demand in agricultural commodities, to test the impact of such a scenario on agricultural land use and production. Results of the diet optimisation indicate a severe drop in foods rich in saturated fats and sugar, essentially cheese and sugar-based products, along with lesser cuts in fat and meat products Conversely, consumption of fruit & vegetables, cereals, and flour would increase to meet dietary fibre... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Dietary guidelines; Land use; Agricultural production; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Land Economics/Use. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44331 |
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