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Variyam, Jayachandran N. - 2006

The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) imposed significant changes in the information about calories and …

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The Geography of Poverty and Nutrition : Food Deserts and Food Choices Across the United States

Allcott, Hunt - 2017

We study the causes of "nutritional inequality": why the wealthy tend to eat more healthfully than the poor in the U.S. Using event study designs exploiting supermarket entry and households' moves to healthier neighborhoods, we reject that neighborhood environments have meaningful effects on...

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Calorie Posting in Chain Restaurants

Bollinger, Bryan - 2010

We study the impact of mandatory calorie posting on consumers' purchase decisions, using detailed data from Starbucks. We find that average calories per transaction falls by 6%. The effect is almost entirely related to changes in consumers' food choices--there is almost no change in purchases of...

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How Consumer Price Subsidies affect Nutrition

Kaushal, Neeraj - 2013

We study the effect on nutrition of an exogenous increase in food grain subsidy in rural India resulting from a program … grains that are cheaper, yet taste-wise, inferior sources of nutrition, but had no effect on calorie, protein and fat intake … nutrition are also negligible. We find evidence that the decline in the price of wheat and rice, changed consumption patterns …

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Do Food Stamps Cause Obesity? Evidence from Immigrant Experience

Kaushal, Neeraj - 2007

I use changes in immigrant eligibility for food stamps under the 1996 federal law and heterogeneous state responses to set up a natural experiment research design to study the effect of food stamps on Body Mass Index (BMI) of adults in immigrant families. I find that in the post-1996 period food...

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The Effect of Providing Breakfast on Student Performance : Evidence from an In-Class Breakfast Program

Imberman, Scott A. - 2012

In response to low take-up, many public schools have experimented with moving breakfast from the cafeteria to the classroom. We examine whether such a program increases performance as measured by standardized test scores, grades and attendance rates. We exploit quasi-random timing of program...

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Breakfast of Champions? The School Breakfast Program and the Nutrition of Children and Families

Bhattacharya, Jayanta - 2004

nutrition programs may be an effective way to combat both nutritional deficiencies and excess consumption among children and …

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Youths at Nutritional Risk : Malnourished or Misnourished?

Bhattacharya, Jay - 2000

We use data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine the prevalence and determinants … capital production function that summarizes available nutrition information. We find that although many youths suffer from …

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The Long-Run Growth in Obesity as a Function of Technological Change

Philipson, Tomas J. - 1999

This paper analyzes the factors contributing to the worldwide long-run rise in obesity and the effects of public interventions on its continued growth. The growth of obesity in a population results from an increase in calorie consumption relative to physical activity. Yet in developed countries,...

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The Child and Adult Care Food Program : Who is Served and What are Their Nutritional Outcomes?

Gordon, Rachel A. - 2010

This paper addresses three basic questions about an under-studied food subsidy program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): (1) Does CACFP reach targeted low-income children? (2) How do eligible families and child care providers who participate differ from those who do not...

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