New health information is reshaping food choices

"Over the past half century, consumption patterns of many food commodities have shifted dramatically in the face of changing consumer demand. For example, until the early 1950s, eggs were a staple of the American diet, especially at the breakfast table. Since then, however, egg consumption has...

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Published in:FoodReview 2002-03, Vol.25 (1), p.13-18
Main Authors: Variyam, Jayachandran N, Golan, Elise
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
Advertising
Attitude (Psychology)
Beef
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Cardiovascular disease
Cholesterol
Chronic illnesses
Commodities
Consumers
Consumption
Descriptive labeling
Diet
Dietary guidelines
Economists
Education
Eggs
Food and nutrition, Statistics
Food consumption
Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
Food habits
Food preferences
Health care industry
Health claims
Health Economics and Policy
Heart
History
Influence
Information dissemination
Information sources
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Nutrients
Nutrition
Nutrition research
Oils & fats
Per capita
Poultry
Prices
Publishing industry
Social conditions & trends
Surveys
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Summary:"Over the past half century, consumption patterns of many food commodities have shifted dramatically in the face of changing consumer demand. For example, until the early 1950s, eggs were a staple of the American diet, especially at the breakfast table. Since then, however, egg consumption has steadily dropped...What accounts for such shifts in food consumption patterns? While changes in relative prices and income levels are responsible for much of the shift, there is an additional and increasingly important factor at play--the growing scientific evidence linking health to diet. Many consumers have modified their food choices in reaction to the flood of diet and health information coming out of the Nation's laboratories and research institutions. This article examines how health information is reshaping consumer food preferences and the Nation's food and agricultural sectors." (FoodReview)
ISSN:1056-327X
2169-8325
DOI:10.22004/ag.econ.266242