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Dietary Effects of Menu Choices in the National School Lunch Program
Ishdorj, Ariun; Crepinsek, Mary Kay; Jensen, Helen H. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2009
large number of children across different socioeconomic groups. Menu planning requirements and setting nutrition standards …Childhood and adolescence are unique periods of growth and development. In addition to maturing physically, children … begin to make independent choices about when, where, and what they eat. Good nutrition during childhood and adolescence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012596
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How Effective are Cash Transfer Programs at Improving Nutritional Status?
Manley, James G.; Gitter, Seth R.; Slavchevska, Vanya - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
PDF file removed temporarily by authors for revision.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009002491
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Food Security in Afghanistan: Household-level Evidence from the 2007-08 Food Price Crisis
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Replaced with revised version of paper 10/20/10.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020379
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Did Implementing Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) of 1990 Improve Diet?
Asirvatham, Jebaraj; McNamara, Paul E.; Baylis, Katherine R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2010
Nutrition labeling, in the words of the then FDA commissioner, David Kessler, was to “help millions of Americans make … more informed, healthier choices.” Although the NLEA primarily focused on standardizing the nutrition facts label, its … implementation also involved an informational and educational campaign on how to use the new nutrition facts label and the benefits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020468
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The Asymmetric Effect of Dietary Knowledge on Nutrient Intake In China: Implications for Dietary Education Programs
Shimokawa, Satoru - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This paper demonstrates that dietary knowledge can influence nutrient intake differently depending on whether expected food availability is increasing or decreasing. Using data from China, we find that overall dietary knowledge has larger and more statistically significant effects on total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020961
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The Effect of Retail Grocery Coupons for Breakfast Cereals on Household Purchasing Behavior
Berning, Joshua P.; Zheng, Hualu - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
We examine the affect of retail and manufacturer coupons on the nutritional quality of breakfast cereal purchases made by households. Using household level purchase data we find that coupon usage has a significant impact on the nutritional quality of cereals purchased by households....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009020978
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Food Security and Wheat Prices in Afghanistan: A Distribution-sensitive Analysis of Household-level Impacts
D'Souza, Anna; Jolliffe, Dean - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Replaced with revised version of paper 07/29/11.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021036
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The Response of Consumption to Income Shocks: Evidence from the Indian Trade Liberalization
Tandon, Sharad; Landes, Maurice R. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
This paper uses the Indian tariff reforms of the early nineties to estimate how households responded to the negative income shocks caused by the tariff decreases. Households more hurt by the tariff reform decreased overall expenditure, but the response is not uniform across food items. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021043
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Integrating Economic Analysis with a Randomized Controlled Trial: Willingness-to-Pay for a New Maternal Nutrient Supplement
Adams, Katherine P.; Vosti, Stephen A.; Lybbert, Travis J. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2011
Maternal nutrition during pregnancy can have significant implications for a child’s prenatal growth and development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021113
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Observable and unobservable determinants of a healthy diet in Russia: A structural equation approach
Burggraf, Christine; Glauben, Thomas; Herzfeld, Thomas; … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
the Diet Quality Index-International and used to describe the nutrition quality of the Russian diet. In a next step an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368346