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The Nexus of Dietary Guidelines and Food Security

In: World Agricultural Resources and Food Security

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  • Brandon McFadden
  • Troy G. Schmitz

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Deficiency of nutrition is generally referred to as malnutrition; however, malnutrition can refer to both overnutrition and undernutrition. Nutrient availability and intake are current challenges for society, and these challenges will only intensify as population continues to grow and resources become more stressed. This chapter examines the need for dietary guidelines to increase nutrition security, describes the history of dietary guidelines in the United States, examines compliance and challenges with compliance of dietary guidelines, and finishes with future implications of dietary guidelines. This study concluded that although the purpose of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dietary Guidelines is to assist Americans in choosing healthy eating patterns and to alleviate the negative health and economic outcomes associated with malnutrition, consumers typically do not follow the USDA Dietary Guidelines due to their inherent complexities and other factors, such as income and access to food which may affect compliance.

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  • Brandon McFadden & Troy G. Schmitz, 2017. "The Nexus of Dietary Guidelines and Food Security," Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, in: World Agricultural Resources and Food Security, volume 17, pages 19-34, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:fegzzz:s1574-871520170000017002
    DOI: 10.1108/S1574-871520170000017002
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    Keywords

    Diet choices; dietary guidelines; food security; malnutrition; nutrients; D10; D78; I18; N30; N50; Q18;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
    • D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • N30 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • N50 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - General, International, or Comparative
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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