The Economics of Health Foods and Policy Issues: Impact of Health Claims on the Demand for Foods and Population Health

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dc.contributor.authorPresseau, Taryn
dc.contributor.supervisorMalla, Stavroula
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T16:54:24Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T16:54:24Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractChronic disease accounts for 70% of deaths globally and causes substantial economic burdens. The largest direct healthcare costs associated with illness in Canada is due to cardiovascular disease (6.8% of total costs) followed by cancer (2.2%) and diabetes (1.3%). Research has indicated diet can significantly reduce the risk of many chronic diseases. Governments use health claims to inform consumers about foods’ health attributes and encourage healthy diets. This thesis examines the impacts of health claim policy on food demand and population health in North America. The demand for food is estimated using a linear-approximate almost ideal demand system. Population health is evaluated using a health production function. The results indicate health claims decreased unhealthy food demand between 1.4% and 6.26% and increased healthy food demand between 1.95% and 8.47%. Diet and health claim policy also positively impact population health. Policy recommendations to improve current health claim policy are provided.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5014
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.proquest.subject0503en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectDieten_US
dc.subjectFood consumptionen_US
dc.subjectHealth policyen_US
dc.subjectNutritionen_US
dc.subjectPublic health policyen_US
dc.titleThe Economics of Health Foods and Policy Issues: Impact of Health Claims on the Demand for Foods and Population Healthen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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