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Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective--Making Healthy Food Choices Easier: Ideas From Behavioral Economics

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  • Mancino, Lisa
  • Andrews, Margaret S.

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With obesity the most prevalent nutrition problem facing Americans at all economic levels, promoting diets that provide adequate nutrition without too many calories has become an important objective for the Food Stamp Program. Findings from behavioral economics suggest innovative, low-cost ways to improve the diet quality of food stamp participants without restricting their freedom of choice. Unlike more traditional economic interventions, such as changing prices or banning specific foods, the strategies explored in this brief can be targeted to those participants who want help making more healthful food choices.

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  • Mancino, Lisa & Andrews, Margaret S., 2007. "Can Food Stamps Do More to Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective--Making Healthy Food Choices Easier: Ideas From Behavioral Economics," Economic Information Bulletin 59436, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersib:59436
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.59436
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