recommendations; how do national income and prices, advertising, health claims, and trends in eating away from home affect nutrient …

the education disparity in diet. However, when faced with the most explicit health information regarding diet, lower … educated individuals engage more in unhealthy behaviours including consumption of a poor diet, but it is not clear why they do … discriminate between the theoretical parameters. Differences in health knowledge appear to be responsible for the greatest part of …

people’s lifestyles have exacerbated the challenges of improving population diet and reducing obesity levels. …

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary …, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky health behaviors. It describes traditional economic approaches … increase social welfare. The chapter summarizes the literature on the consequences of risky health behaviors for economic …

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary …, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky health behaviors. It describes traditional economic approaches … increase social welfare. The chapter summarizes the literature on the consequences of risky health behaviors for economic …