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	Provedor de dados AgEcon (1) Autor Cutrona, Carolyn E. (1) Garasky, Steven B. (1) Gibbons, Frederick X. (1) Jensen, Helen H. (1) Zhylyevskyy, Oleksandr (1) Palavra-chave Agricultural and Food Policy (1) Endogenous effects (1) Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (1) Food Security and Poverty (1) Fruit and vegetable consumption (1) Health Economics and Policy (1) Healthy food choices (1) Simultaneous equation ordered probit model (1) Social interactions. (1) Mais... Tipo do documento Working or Discussion Paper (1) Ano 2010 (1) País United States (1) Idioma Inglês (1)		Ordenar por:  Relevância Autor Título Ano Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última Effects of Family, Friends, and Relative Prices on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by African American Youths AgEcon Zhylyevskyy, Oleksandr; Jensen, Helen H.; Garasky, Steven B.; Cutrona, Carolyn E.; Gibbons, Frederick X.. Facilitating healthy eating among young people, particularly among minorities who are at high risk for gaining excess weight, is at the forefront of the current policy discussions in the U.S. We investigate the effects of social interactions and relative prices on fruit and vegetable consumption by African American youths. We estimate a simultaneous equation ordered probit model of food intake using rich behavioral data from the Family and Community Health Study and price data from the Economic Research Service’s Quarterly Food-at-Home Price Database. We find the presence of endogenous effects between a youth and parent, but not between a youth and friend. Lower relative prices of fruits and vegetables tend to increase intakes. Results suggest that health... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Endogenous effects; Fruit and vegetable consumption; Healthy food choices; Simultaneous equation ordered probit model; Social interactions.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/94158 Registros recuperados: 1 Primeira ... 1 ... Última

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