The Effects of Farm and Food Policy on Obesity in the United States - Julian M. Alston, Abigail M. Okrent

The Effects of Farm and Food Policy on Obesity in the United States (eBook)

Julian M. Alston, Abigail M. Okrent (Autoren)

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2017
393 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
978-1-137-47831-3 (ISBN)

This book uses an economic framework to examine the consequences of U.S. farm and food policies for obesity, its social costs, and the implications for government policy. Drawing on evidence from economics, public health, nutrition, and medicine, the authors evaluate past and potential future roles of policies such as farm subsidies, public agricultural R&D, food assistance programs, taxes on particular foods (such as sodas) or nutrients (such as fat), food labeling laws, and advertising controls. The findings are mostly negative—it is generally not economic to use farm and food policies as obesity policy—but some food policies that combine incentives and information have potential to make a worthwhile impact. This book is accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students across the sciences and social sciences, as well as to decision-makers in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.

Winner of the Quality of Research Discovery Award from the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

This book uses an economic framework to examine the consequences of U.S. farm and food policies for obesity, its social costs, and the implications for government policy. Drawing on evidence from economics, public health, nutrition, and medicine, the authors evaluate past and potential future roles of policies such as farm subsidies, public agricultural R&D, food assistance programs, taxes on particular foods (such as sodas) or nutrients (such as fat), food labeling laws, and advertising controls. The findings are mostly negative-it is generally not economic to use farm and food policies as obesity policy-but some food policies that combine incentives and information have potential to make a worthwhile impact. This book is accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students across the sciences and social sciences, as well as to decision-makers in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors. Winner of the Quality of Research Discovery Award from the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.

Julian M. Alston is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis, USA, where he studies and teaches about government policy affecting agriculture and food, including the economics of agricultural innovation, food and nutrition policy, and the global challenges of poverty, malnutrition, and obesity. Abigail M. Okrent is Research Economist at the United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, where she researches the role of food policies and economic determinants of demand in food choices and diet quality.

1. Introduction2. Obesity in America3. Consequences of Obesity4. Causes of Obesity: Individual Physiology and Consumption Choices5. Causes of Obesity: External Influences6. Roles for Government: In Principle7. U.S. Farm Subsidies and Obesity8. Agriculture R&D, Technology, and Obesity9. Fat Taxes and Thin Subsidies as Obesity Policy10. Other Food Polices as Obesity Policy11. Summary and Synthesis

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.7.2017
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy
Zusatzinfo	XXII, 393 p. 43 illus.
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Technik
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
Schlagworte	agriculture policy • behavioral nudge • Chronic Disease • dietary composition • farm subsidies • fat • fatness • fruit and vegetable subsidies • health care cost • multimarket simulation model • obesity epidemic • processed food • Research and Development • SNAP • Tax • Taxes • United States
ISBN-10	1-137-47831-4 / 1137478314
ISBN-13	978-1-137-47831-3 / 9781137478313

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