Due to high levels of obesity, various government interventions have been proposed to curb the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). The New York City "soda-ban," which proposed to limit the size of SSBs is among the most well-known and controversial. While public debates about...

We study the impact of a hypothetical tax on sugar - sweetened beverages (SSBs) on the US households' nutrients purchase, welfare change, and health benefit. Differently from the traditional approach, Food at Home(FAH) is here defined as a "home" good instead than a market good and consumers'...

Introduction to Consumer Behaviour and Overview of the Global Food and Drink Sector -- Models of consumer behaviour and holistic healthy lifestyle -- Consumer perceptions in food and drink -- Consumer learning and memory in food and drink -- Motivation and involvement in food and drink --...

In 2008, Colombia joined the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which includes measures related to price and taxes designed to reduce supply and demand. By 2015, the overall prevalence of smokers in the country had decreased slightly but still reached 17 percent. The impact of...

To combat a growing obesity problem, Mexico imposed a nationwide tax on drinks with added sugar, popularly referred to as a "soda tax," effective January 2014. Since the tax took effect nationwide, there is no conventional control group that can be used as a baseline to estimate how the tax...

This study explored factors influencing consumers’ beverage consumption. Consumers drank greater shares of beverages perceived as healthy and, in most cases, drank smaller shares of a beverage when they perceived alternative beverages as more healthy. One exception was carbonated...

At the end of 2008 a period of long recession in Croatian economy began, which has lead to a deceleration in economic activities and the general economic situation has worsened. The crisis is reflected in all aspects of everyday life, and also in beverage consumption in catering facilities. In...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the IFST Advances in Food Science Book Series -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Part 1 Juice Processing -- Chapter 1 Pome Fruit Juices -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Conventional Processing Techniques -- 1.2.1...

Abstract (english) The purpose for the present work is to show how the use of the National Household Income and Expenditure Survey (Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares, ENIGH), to make cross sectional data estimations, can deliver contradictory conclusions, depending on the...

Conjoint analysis is a technique for establishing the relative importance of different attributes in the provision of a good or a service. In this study, conjoint analysis was applied to characterize beverage product preferences for customers? information during buyer-seller purchasing decision...

This paper addresses the issue of investment in beverages retail within the Romanian market, in the current economic climate. This paper contains a theoretical approach of what beverages retail means, presenting the particular aspects. Elements related to economic performance, profitability and...