The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) imposed significant changes in the information about calories and …-in-differences method. We compare the change before and after the implementation of NLEA in body weight among those who use labels when food …

inequality that emphasize supply-side factors such as food deserts …

This paper explores the effects of relative food prices on body weight and body fat over time in China. We study a … cohort of 15,000 adults from over 200 communities in China, using the longitudinal China Health and Nutrition Survey (1991 … effect does not always hold for body weight. These findings suggest that changes in food consumption patterns induced by …

Many developing countries use food-price subsidies or price controls to improve the nutrition of the poor. However … subsidies for poor households in two provinces of China and find no evidence that the subsidies improved nutrition. In fact, it …

Growing consumption of increasingly less expensive food, and especially "fast food", has been cited as a potential … cost of food away from home we hypothesized that changes in the minimum wage would be associated with changes in bodyweight …

or even whether individuals respond to changes in food prices over the long-term. We study the short- and long-run body … weight consequences of changing food prices, in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We found very modest short …

This study examines the relationship between child weight and fast food and fruit and vegetable prices and the … availability of fast food restaurants, full-service restaurants, supermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores. We estimate …. Data are drawn from the Child Development Supplement of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics combined with external food …

Food purchases differ substantially across countries. We use detailed household level data from the US, France and the … UK to (i) document these differences; (ii) estimate a demand system for food and nutrients, and (iii) simulate …

This paper provides an analysis of the role of prices in determining food purchases and nutrition using very detailed … significantly larger impact on nutrition than an equivalent product tax, due to the fact that these are broader-based taxes. However …

the program improves the quality of food consumed. Finally, in households with school-aged children, both preschool … nutrition programs may be an effective way to combat both nutritional deficiencies and excess consumption among children and …