Price trends are similar for fruits, vegetables, and snack foods / Fred Kuchler and Hayden Stewart.

Author/creator Kuchler, Fred
Other author Stewart, Hayden.
Other author United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service.
Format Book
Publication Info[Washington, D.C.?] : U.S.Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, [2008]
Descriptioniv, 23 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS97593
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SeriesEconomic research report ; no. 55
Economic research report (United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service) ; no. 55. ^A613631
General noteCover title.
General note"March 2008."
General noteAn increase in the price of fruits and vegetables relative to less healthy foods could reduce consumers' incentives to purchase fruits and vegetables and result in less healthy diets. Whether such a change in relative prices and incentives has occurred in the United States is difficult to prove because of substantial quality improvements in many fresh fruits and vegetables. For commonly consumed fresh fruits and vegetables for which quality has remained fairly constant, analysis of price trends reveals a price decline similar to that of dessert and snack foods. This price trend evidence suggests that the price of a healthy diet has not changed relative to an unhealthy one, although a healthy diet might not include every fresh fruit or vegetable currently available.
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 19-21).
Other formsAlso available via Internet from the USDA web site. Address as of 7/21/2008: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR55/ERR55.pdf; current access is available via PURL.
Other formsAlso available on the Internet.
GPO item number0042-V (online)
Govt. docs number A 93.73:55

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