The Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 led to significant increases in the generic promotion of beef in the United States. Widely familiar television advertising campaigns, distributed through national television networks, have been among the most visible outgrowths of this vigorous...

Recent changes in data collection methods have facilitated controlled market tests of household responses to food commodity promotion. The use of scanner checkout systems in stores now provides an opportunity for detailed tracking of food purchases by individual test participants. In principle,...

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Relatively new split-cable scanner data collection methods have facilitated controlled market tests of household responses to food commodity promotion. Analysis of such data from a fresh-beef advertising experiment in Grand Junction, Colorado, showed that although experimental advertising failed...

This chapter provides an overview of the changes in nutrient content of the food supply in the United States and other countries. Core concepts used in assessment of the adequacy of (or excess in) diets and factors that affect nutrient availability in the food supply, including technology and...

In order to reduce obesity and associated costs, policymakers are considering various policies, including taxes, to change consumers’ high-calorie consumption habits. We investigate two tax policies aimed at reducing added sweetener consumption. Both a consumption tax on sweet goods and a...

We extend the existing literature on food taxes targeting obesity. We systematically incorporatethe implicit substitution between added sugars and solid fats into a comprehensive food demandsystem and evaluate the effect of taxes on sugars and fats. The approach conditions how foodand obesity...