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Healthy choice : the effect of simplified point-of-sale nutritional information on consumer food choice behavior
Nikolova, Hristina; Inman, J. Jeffrey - In: Journal of marketing research : JMR 52 (2015) 6, pp. 817-835
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The distributional consequences of a fiscal food policy : evidence from the UK
Tiffin, Richard; Salois, Matthew - In: European review of agricultural economics : ERAE 42 (2015) 3, pp. 397-417
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Supermarkets and the nutrition transition in Kenya
Rischke, Ramona; Chege Kimenju, Simon; Qaim, Matin; … - 2014
Many low income countries are experiencing a “nutrition transition” towards the consumption of more energy-dense, highly processed foods and beverages that are often high in caloric sweeteners, fat and salt. Changing lifestyles and urbanisation have coincided with a ‘retail revolution’,...
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A sales tax is better at promoting healthy diets than the fat tax and the thin subsidy
Kalamov, Zarko Y. - 2016
Rising prevalence of obesity among adults and children is a major policy issue in many countries. Two widely discussed … instruments to address obesity are a tax on unhealthy foods (fat tax) and a subsidy on healthy foods (thin subsidy). We compare … for healthy and unhealthy meals. We show that the policy which reduces obesity under the most general conditions is the …
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The nutrition transition and indicators of child malnutrition
Kimenju, Simon C.; Qaim, Matin - 2014
We analyze how the nutrition transition affects child malnutrition in developing countries. It is often assumed that the nutrition transition affects child weight but not child growth, which could be one reason why child underweight decreases faster than child stunting. But these effects have...
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Linear symmetric "fat taxes" : evidence from Brazil
Leifert, Rodrigo M.; Lucinda, Cláudio Ribeiro - In: Applied economic perspectives and policy 37 (2015) 4, pp. 634-666
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The dietary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate; Stroud, Rebekah - 2021
people’s lifestyles have exacerbated the challenges of improving population diet and reducing obesity levels. …
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Food deserts : myth or reality?
Zhen, Chen - In: Annual review of resource economics 13 (2021) 1, pp. 109-129
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Taxing highly processed foods : impacts on obesity and underweight in Sub-Saharan Africa
Boysen, Ole; Boysen-Urban, Kirsten; Bradford, Harvey; … - 2018
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Supermarket food purchases and child nutritional outcomes in Kenya
Legesse Debela, Bethelhem; Demmler, Kathrin M.; Klasen, … - 2018
that supermarkets may contribute to rising rates of obesity. However, most existing research looked at adult populations …. Supermarkets do not seem to be a driver of childhood obesity in Kenya. The positive effects of supermarkets on child nutrition are …
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