Overview
- Covers major U.S. policy initiatives to fight obesity at the source: food production
- Provides an accessible entry point to often too-technical policy discussions
- Includes quantitative and technical details in appendixes
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy (AEFP)
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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.
Winner of the Quality of Research Discovery Award from the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
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.
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Effects of Farm and Food Policy on Obesity in the United States
Authors: Julian M. Alston, Abigail M. Okrent
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47831-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-48647-9Published: 19 July 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-47831-3Published: 18 July 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-3889
Series E-ISSN: 2662-3897
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 393
Number of Illustrations: 43 b/w illustrations
Topics: Agricultural Economics, Economic Policy, Health Economics