The evaluation of nutritional problems and policy

The plethora of conflicting nutritional advice and opinion makes it especially important that the consequences of any nutrition policy be carefully evaluated, Simply restricting an individual's ability to choose a harmful food will not necessarily increase welfare if the choice is made in full knowledge of the harm it might cause. Economics can contribute to this evaluation by analysing nutritional problems within a framework that considers the possible justifications for inter and the methods of undertaking such action. This raises a research agenda that is broad in scope and calls for contributions from other disciplines, such as psychology and nutritional science, in constructing models that can examine patterns of nutritional demand and supply and the extent to which they are affected by proposed policy intervention.

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