Economic assessment of nutritional recommendations

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 188-210

  Irz, Xavier ^a   Leroy, Pascal ^b   Réquillart, Vincent ^c   Soler, Louis Georges ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b INRA ALISS   (France)

^c TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Diet; Food choice; Healthy; Norms; Rationing

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DIET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH CARE; NUTRITION;

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; VEGETABLE; ADULT; AGED; DIET; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION POLICY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD PREFERENCES; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUTRITION POLICY;

EID: 84920986560     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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