Book Title: HEALTH, NUTRITION AND FOOD DEMAND

Authors: WEN S. CHERN
Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development
Economics, The Ohio State University, USA
and
KYRRE RICKERTSEN
Department of Economics and Social Sciences,
Agricultural University of Norway, Norway
and
Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute,
Oslo, Norway

Contents:
Contributors vii
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1. Introduction 1
Wen S. Chern and Kyrre Rickertsen
PART I: Emerging Health and Nutrition Issues on Food Demand
2. Health, Nutrition and Demand for Food: an American Perspective 11
Wen S. Chern
3. Health, Nutrition and Demand for Food: a European Perspective 33
Kyrre Rickertsen and Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
PART II: US Experiences
4. Double Impact: Educational Attainment and the Macronutrient Intake of US Adults 53
Jayachandran N. Variyam
5. Assessing the Importance of Health Information in Relation to Dietary Intakes in the USA 73
Sung-Yong Kim, Rodolfo Nayga, Jr and Oral Capps, Jr
6. A Sample Selection Model with Endogenous Health Knowledge: Egg Consumption in the USA 91
Kamhon Kan and Steven T. Yen

PART III: European Experiences
7. Health Information and Food Demand in Eastern and Western Germany 105
Susanne Wildner and Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
8. Health Information and Food Demand in France 131
Véronique Nichèle
9. The Impact of Nutrient Intake on Food Demand in Spain 153
Ana M. Angulo, Jose M. Gil, Azucena Gracia and Monia Ben Kaabia
10. Health Information and Unstable Effects from Autocorrelation 173
Kyrre Rickertsen and Dadi Kristofersson
PART IV: Health Information and Producer, Market and Government Responses
11. Relative Impacts of Health Information and Advertising on Commodity Markets: US Meats 187
Henry W. Kinnucan, Øystein Myrland and Laxmi Paudel
12. The Impact of Dietary Cholesterol Concerns on Consumer Demand for Eggs in the USA 203
Todd M. Schmit and Harry M. Kaiser
13. Employing an Environmental Taxation Mechanism to Reduce Fat Intake 223
John M. Santarossa and David D. Mainland
14. How do Markets Respond to Food Scares? 247
Tim Lloyd, Steven McCorriston and Wyn Morgan
PART V: Concluding Remarks
15. Assessment of Findings and Future Research 271
Wen S. Chern and Kyrre Rickertsen
Index 281