USDA's Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans: Development and Expenditure Shares
| dc.creator | Carlson, Andrea | |
| dc.creator | Lino, Mark | |
| dc.creator | Fungwe, Thomas V. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T20:16:21Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T02:47:10Z | |
| dc.description | The Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans represent nutritious diets at various costs. This revision of the market baskets of each food plan using a mathematical optimization model reflects recent changes in dietary guidance and incorporates updated information on food composition, consumption patterns, and food prices at the same inflation-adjusted cost of the previous food plans. This analysis shows how food expenditures need to change to obtain a healthful diet. The analysis is particularly significant because average food expenses exceed the cost of the Low-Cost Food Plan. Hence, Americans could achieve a healthful diet at less the cost than they are currently paying. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.6216 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/6216/files/464070.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/6216 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/519977 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/6216 | |
| dc.title | USDA's Low-Cost, Moderate-Cost, and Liberal Food Plans: Development and Expenditure Shares | |
| dc.type | Text |