Health, nutrition and food demand /edited by Wen S. Chern and Kyrre Rickersten. --CABI Publishing,2003.-- (61.115/H434)

Contents:

1. Introduction  1

2. Health, Nutrition and Demand for Food: an American Perspective  11

3. Health, Nutrition and Demand for Food: a European Perspective  33

4. Double Impact: Educational Attainment and the Macronutrient Intake of US Adults  53

5. Assessing the importance of Health Information in Relation to Dietary Intakes in the USA  73

6. A Sample Selection Model with Endogenous Health Knowledge: Egg Consumption in the USA  91

7. Health Information and food Demand in Eastern and Western Germany  105

8.Health Information and food Demand in France  131

9. The Impact of Nutrient Intake on Food Demand in Spain  153

10. Health Information and Unstable Effects from Autocorrelation  173

11. Relative Impacts of Health Information and Advertising on Commodity Markets:  US Meats  187

12. The Impact of Dietary Cholesterol Concerns on Consumer Demand for Eggs in the USA  203

13. Employing an Environmental Taxation Mechanism to Reduce Fat Intake  223

14. How do Markets Respond to Food Scares?  247

15. Assessment of Findings and Future Research  271