This study argued that food standards are endogenous and determined by the contest or balance among five relevant interest groups: industry, government, consumers (civil society), academia, and external influence. After a comprehensive review on the Maximum Residue Limit regulation system around...

High prevalence of obesity in female Food Stamp Program (FSP) participants has led to the question of whether or not the FSP, which provides in-kind transfers to low-income Americans, causes this serious health problem. This paper estimates the effects of food stamp benefits on obesity,...

Obesity is a global epidemic and despite being a major leading cause of death and disease, is not viewed to be as perilous and critical as other epidemics such as cholera, dengue fever or West Nile virus. Excessive and unhealthy consumption practices are killing people and costing millions of...

Because packaging reaches consumers at the critical moments of purchase and consumption, it has become an important marketing tool for food manufacturers and retailers. In this paper, I first review how the marketing, health and nutrition claims made on packaging create “health halos” and...

Simplified nutrition labelling policies provide supplementary nutritional information in an easy-to-understand label displayed on food products at the front-of-pack. Forty-four countries have introduced these types of labelling schemes with a view to promoting positive public health outcomes....

High food prices can be an immediate threat to household food security, undermining population health, retarding human development, and lowering labor productivity for the economy in the long term. We employ a panel dataset covering 63 developing countries from 2001 to 2010 to make a...

Food education has attracted growing concern focusing on appropriate dietary habits amid the deterioration of many aspects of health in this industrial society. For this purpose, a self-motivating type of food policy framework is expected to increase in significance. Under such a self-motivating...

High food prices can be an immediate threat to household food security, undermining population health, retarding human development, and lowering labor productivity for the economy in the long term. We employ a panel dataset covering 63 developing countries from 2001 to 2010 to make a...

Despite organic food being deemed to include environmental and health attributes, few studies have examined the perception regarding organic food from the scanner panel data. Considering the hike in the value-added tax (VAT) implemented by the Japanese government in April 2014 as a natural...

What is the role of government policies in encouraging healthier food choices to fight the current overweight and obesity epidemics? This report briefly examines the evidence base on unhealthy diets, including the associated burden on health systems. It then takes stock of current knowledge on...