Are agricultural policies making us fat? Likely links between agricultural policies and human nutrition and obesity, and their policy implications

Alston, J.M.; Sumner, D.A.; Vosti, S.A.; Alston, J.M; Sumner, D.A; Vosti, S.A

doi:10.2307/3877173

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Are agricultural policies making us fat? Likely links between agricultural policies and human nutrition and obesity, and their policy implications

Alston, J.M.; Sumner, D.A.; Vosti, S.A.

Review of Agricultural Economics Boston 28(3): 313-322

2006

DOI: 10.2307/3877173

Document Number: 576160

This paper addresses the likely effects of agricultural policies on obesity both in the USA and abroad. In particular, it investigates the links between commodity subsidy programmes and food prices and hence on food choices. Implications for US policy are discussed, as well as lessons that developing countries can learn from the US experience.