The Effect of Food and Beverage Prices on Children's Weights

• 查看报告

英文名称：

The Effect of Food and Beverage Prices on Children's Weights

作者：

Minh Wendt ; Jessica E. Todd

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=44851

关键词：

Food prices;  BMI;  ECLS-K;  Quarterly Food-at-Home Price Database (QFAHPD); 

年份：

2011

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

29 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

One factor that may be important in explaining rising childhood obesity is food prices. This report explores the effect of food prices on children's Body Mass Index (BMI) using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) and the Quarterly Food-at-Home Price Database. On average, higher prices for soda, 100 percent juices, starchy vegetables, and sweet snacks are associated with lower BMIs among children. In addition, lower prices for dark green vegetables and lowfat milk are associated with reduced BMI. The effect of subsidizing healthy food may be just as large as raising prices of less healthy foods.