Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by Low-Income Americans: Would a Price Reduction Make a Difference?

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英文名称：

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by Low-Income Americans: Would a Price Reduction Make a Difference?

作者：

Diansheng Dong; Biing-Hwan Lin

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=46131

关键词：

Price subsidy;  demand elasticity;  food consumption;  fruits and vegetables;  low income;  Homescan Data;  Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP);  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES);  MyPyramid; 

年份：

2009

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

23 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Americans' diets, particularly those of low-income households, fall short of Government recommendations in the quantity of fruits and vegetables consumed. Some proposals suggest that a price subsidy for those products would encourage low-income Americans to consume more of them. This study estimated that a 10-percent subsidy would encourage low-income Americans to increase their consumption of fruits by 2.1-5.2 percent and vegetables by 2.1-4.9 percent. The annual cost of such a subsidy for low-income Americans would be about $310 million for fruits and $270 million for vegetables. And most would still not meet Federal dietary recommendations.