Behavioral Economics, Food Assistance, and Obesity
| dc.creator | Just, David R. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T14:45:28Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T02:58:09Z | |
| dc.description | While there is mixed evidence of the impact of food assistance programs on obesity, there is general agreement that the food-insecure are at higher risk of obesity and obesity-related diseases. Food assistance programs, originally designed to overcome a lack of available food, now need to confront a very different problem: how to provide for the food-insecure while encouraging healthy lifestyles. This paper examines the potential to address these competing needs using traditional economic policies (manipulating information or prices) versus policies engaging behavioral economics and psychology. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.10220 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/10220/files/35020209.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/10220 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/523895 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/10220 | |
| dc.title | Behavioral Economics, Food Assistance, and Obesity | |
| dc.type | Text |