Economic policies for healthier food intake: The impact on different household categories

European Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-140

  Nordström, Jonas ^a,b   Thunström, Linda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c The Swedish Retail Institute HUI   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consumer economics; Food; Health; Taxation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAD; CANNED FOOD; CEREAL; FAT CONTENT; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MEAL; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAX;

CEREALS; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAXES;

EID: 79958081497     PISSN: 16187598     EISSN: 16187601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10198-010-0234-6     Document Type: Article

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