Food price policies improve diet quality while increasing socioeconomic inequalities in nutrition
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Food price policies improve diet quality while increasing socioeconomic inequalities in nutrition
BACKGROUND Prices are an important determinant of food choices. Consequently, food price policies (subsidies and/or taxes) are proposed to improve the nutritional quality of diets. The aim of the present study was to explore the impact of food price policies on the expenditures and nutritional quality of the food baskets chosen by low- and medium-income households. METHODS Experimental econom...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1479-5868
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-11-66