Food price policies improve diet quality while increasing socio-economic inequalities in nutrition

Nicole Darmon (1) , Anne Marie Lacroix (2) , Laurent Muller (2) , Bernard Ruffieux (3)

1 NORT - Nutrition, obésité et risque thrombotique
2 GAEL - Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée = Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory
3 Grenoble INP - Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology

Prices are an important determinant of food choices. Consequently, food price policies (subsidies and/or taxes) are proposed to improve the nutritional quality of diets. The aim of the present study is to explore the impact of food price policies on the expenditures and nutritional quality of the food baskets chosen by low- and medium-income households.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Nicole Darmon, Anne Marie Lacroix, Laurent Muller, Bernard Ruffieux. Food price policies improve diet quality while increasing socio-economic inequalities in nutrition. 2nd International Congress Hidden Hunger, Mar 2015, Stuttgart, Germany. ⟨hal-01190186⟩