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] |
| Description | iv, 23 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS97593 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Economic research report ; no. 55 Economic research report (United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service) ; no. 55. ^A613631 |
| General note | Cover title. |
| General note | "March 2008." |
| General note | An 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 note | GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-21). |
| Other forms | Also 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 forms | Also available on the Internet. |
| GPO item number | 0042-V (online) |
| Govt. docs number | A 93.73:55 |
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