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Drichoutis, Andreas C.; Lazaridis, Panagiotis; Nayga, Rodolfo M., Jr.. |
Over the last several years, there has been an increase of several chronic diseases that are linked to dietary and lifestyle factors. Obesity, especially, is rising at an alarming rate in several countries. Due in part to increasing diet related health problems caused, among others, by obesity, nutritional labelling has been regarded as an important topic mainly because it can provide consumers with nutritional information that can be used to make informed and healthier food choices. A number of studies have focused on the empirical perspective of nutritional food label use. None of these studies, however, have focused on developing a theoretical economic model that would adequately describe nutritional food label use based on a utility theoretic... |
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Label use; Nutritional information; Health; Nutrition knowledge; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10033 |
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Variyam, Jayachandran N.; Blaylock, James R.; Smallwood, David M.; Basiotis, P. Peter. |
A comprehensive model is developed to measure the extent that nutrition knowledge and diet-health awareness, among other factors, influence an individual's Healthy Eating Index (HEI), USDA's measure of overall diet quality. This is the first study that rigorously attempts to examine variation in the index across population groups by controlling for personal and household characteristics and nutrition information levels, as well as test for the endogeneity of nutrition information. Results indicate that one's level of nutrition information has an important influence on one's HEI and that nutrition information and the HEI are simultaneously determined. Other factors explaining variations in HEI's across individuals are income and education levels, race,... |
Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Diet quality; Healthy Eating Index; Nutrient demand; Nutrition knowledge; Health inputs; Health production; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/33588 |
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