Food Pricing and Weight

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Food Pricing, Taxes and Purchasing Behavior

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John Kearney. Food consumption trends and drivers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2010;365(1554):2793-2807.

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McMahon AT, Williams P, Tapsell L. Reviewing the meanings of wellness and well-being and their implications for food choice. Perspect Public Health. 2010;130(6):282-286.

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Monsivais P, Drewnowski A. The rising cost of low-energy-density foods. J Am Diet Assoc. 2007;107(12):2071-2076.

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Ni Mhurchu C, Ogra S. The price of healthy eating: Cost and nutrient value of selected regular and healthier supermarket foods in new zealand. N Z Med J. 2007;120(1248):U2388.

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Powell LM, Chaloupka FJ. Food prices and obesity: Evidence and policy implications for taxes and subsidies. Milbank Q. 2009;87(1):229-257.

Powell LM, Chriqui J, Chaloupka FJ. Associations between state-level soda taxes and adolescent body mass index. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2009;45(3 Supplement 1):S57-S63.

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Timmons D, Wang Q. Direct food sales in the United States: Evidence from state and county-level data. J Sustainable Agric. 2010;34(2):229-240.

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Vermeer WM, Alting E, Steenhuis IH, Seidell JC. Value for money or making the healthy choice: The impact of proportional pricing on consumers' portion size choices. Eur J Public Health. 2010;20(1):65-69.

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Weber JA. Increasing food costs for consumers and food programs straining pocketbooks. J Am Diet Assoc. 2008;108(4):615-617.

Winterfeld A. Overfed but undernourished: Not will power, but purchasing power, may determine who eats healthy foods. State Legis. 2005;31(4):34-36.

Fruits and Vegetables

Ard JD, Fitzpatrick S, Desmond RA, et al. The impact of cost on the availability of fruits and vegetables in the homes of schoolchildren in Birmingham, Alabama. Am J Public Health. 2007;97(2):367-372.

Boukouvalas G, Shankar B, Traill WB. Determinants of fruit and vegetable intake in England: A re-examination based on quantile regression. Public Health Nutr. 2009;12(11):2183-2191.

Buller MK, Kane IL, Dunn AL, Edwards EJ, Buller DB, Liu X. Marketing fruit and vegetable intake with interactive games on the internet. Social Marketing Quarterly. 2009;15:136-154.

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Cassady D, Jetter KM, Culp J. Is price a barrier to eating more fruits and vegetables for low-income families? J Am Diet Assoc. 2007;107(11):1909-1915.

Cummins S, Smith DM, Aitken Z, et al. Neighbourhood deprivation and the price and availability of fruit and vegetables in Scotland. J Hum Nutr Diet. 2010;23(5):494-501.

Darmon N, Darmon M, Maillot M, Drewnowski A. A nutrient density standard for vegetables and fruits: Nutrients per calorie and nutrients per unit cost. J Am Diet Assoc. 2005;105(12):1881-1887.

de Droog SM, Valkenburg PM, Buijzen M. Using brand characters to promote young children's liking of and purchase requests for fruit. J Health Commun. 2011;16(1):79-89.

Drewnowski A, Darmon N, Briend A. Replacing fats and sweets with vegetables and fruits--a question of cost. Am J Public Health. 2004;94(9):1555-1559.

French SA, Story M, Jeffery RW, et al. Pricing strategy to promote fruit and vegetable purchase in high school cafeterias. J Am Diet Assoc. 1997;97(9):1008-1010.

French SA, Wechsler H. School-based research and initiatives: Fruit and vegetable environment, policy, and pricing workshop. Prev Med. 2004;39(Suppl 2):S101-7.

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Glanz K, Yaroch AL. Strategies for increasing fruit and vegetable intake in grocery stores and communities: Policy, pricing, and environmental change. Prev Med. 2004;39(Suppl 2):S75-80.

Herman DR, Harrison GG, Jenks E. Choices made by low-income women provided with an economic supplement for fresh fruit and vegetable purchase. J Am Diet Assoc. 2006;106(5):740-744.

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Instruments, Interventions, and Policy

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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

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Chriqui JF, Eidson SS, Bates H, Kowalczyk S, Chaloupka FJ. State sales tax rates for soft drinks and snacks sold through grocery stores and vending machines, 2007. J Public Health Policy. 2008;29(2):226-249.

Fletcher JM, Frisvold DE, Tefft N. The effects of soft drink taxes on child and adolescent consumption and weight outcomes. J Public Econ. 2010:967.

Fletcher JM, Frisvold D, Tefft N. Can soft drink taxes reduce population weight? Contemp Econ Policy. 2010;28(1):23-35.

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Gustavsen GW, Rickertsen K. The effects of taxes on purchases of sugar-sweetened carbonated soft drinks: A quantile regression approach. Appl Econ. 2009.

Jacobson MF, Brownell KD. Small taxes on soft drinks and snack foods to promote health. Am J Public Health. 2000;90(6):854-857.

Maddock JE. Soda taxes, obesity, and the perils of complexity. Am J Health Promot. 2010;25(2):91.

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Powell LM, Chriqui J, Chaloupka FJ. Associations between state-level soda taxes and adolescent body mass index. J Adolesc Health. 2009;45(3 Suppl):S57-63.

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