The Relationship Between Food Consumption, Age and Gender Over Time in Britain

Publication type

Journal Article

Author

Publication date

November 1, 2005

Abstract:

This paper investigate the relationship between nutrition and socio-economic status among British youths. It describes the dynamics of consumption over age and time using data from the British National Food Survey (NFS) covering the period 1975-2000. Daily calories-age relationships for men and women are estimated by solving a non-linear least square model with a roughness penalty function approach. Focusing on young age groups, trends of consumption overt the 25-year period of study and the cohorts effect have been explored across three classes of age. Finally, an exploration of specific trend variations in eating habits has been implemented controllin for income distribution.

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Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section C

Volume and page numbers

Volume: 2 , p.185 -191

ISSN

1651288

Link

- http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=16507541

Notes

Journal title: 'Food Economics - Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section C' Not held

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