Richards, Timothy J.; Patterson, Paul M.; Tegene, Abebayehu - Morrison School of Agribusiness & Resource Management, … - 2004
consumers tend to overeat in spite of somewhat obvious future health implications. This study tests for an addiction to food … applied to household scanner data to test a multivariate version of the rational addiction model of Becker and Murphy and … Chaloupka. We find evidence of a rational addiction to all nutrients protein, fat and carbohydrates as well as to sodium, but …