Nutrition and Agricultural Policy

Papers & Publications

Accounting for Product Substitution in the Analysis of Food Taxes Targeting Obesity
Zhen Miao, John C. Beghin, Helen H. Jensen
CARD Working Paper 10-WP 518, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University. December 2010.

Are Agricultural Policies Making Us Fat? Likely Links between Agricultural Policies and Human Nutrition and Obesity, and Their Policy Implications
J.M. Alston, D.A. Sumner, and S.A. Vosti
Review of Agricultural Economics 28(3)(Fall 2006): 313-322

Early Child-Feeding Practices in Mexican Americans Deviate from Current Recommendations
V. Chaidez and L. Kaiser
Abstract published in the American Dietetic Association Journal Supplement for the American Dietetic Association Annual Meeting, September 29-Oct 1, 2007. (J Am Diet Assoc. 2007;107[supp3-Abstracts]:A18)

Farm Policies and Added Sugars in US Diets
J. Beghin and H.H. Jensen
CARD Working Paper 08-WP 462, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University. February 2008.

Farm Policies and Added Sugars in US Diets
J.C. Beghin and H.H. Jensen
Food Policy 33, 6 (December 2008): 480-488

Farm Subsidies and Obesity in the United States
J.M. Alston, D.A. Sumner, and S.A. Vosti
ARE Update 11(2) (November/December 2007): 1-4.

Farm Subsidies and Obesity in the United States: National Evidence and International Comparisons
J.M. Alston, D.A. Sumner, and S.A. Vosti
Food Policy 33, 6 (December 2008) 470-479

Likely Effects of Obesity from Proposed Changes to the US Food Stamp Program
J.M. Alston, C.C. Mullally, D.A. Sumner, M. Townsend, and S.A. Vosti
Food Policy 34 (2009) 176-184

Perspectives on Farm Policy Reform
J.M. Alston and D.A. Sumner
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 32(1)(April 2007): 1-19

Proposed Modifications to the Food Stamp Program: Likely Effects and Their Policy Implications
C.C. Mullally, J.M. Alston, S.A. Vosti, D.A. Sumner, and M. Townsend
Chapter in Elliott Blass (ed.) Obesity: Causes, Mechanisms, and Prevention, Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates, 2008

Public Funding for Research into Specialty Crops
J.M. Alston and P.G. Pardey
Staff Paper Series P07-09, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, May 2007

Public Funding for Research into Specialty Crops
J.M. Alston and P.G. Pardey
HortScience 43(5)(2008): 1461-1470

Taxing Sweets: Sweetener Input Tax or Final Consumption Tax?
Zhen Miao, John C. Beghin, Helen H. Jensen
CARD Working Paper 10-WP 510, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University. July 2010.

Toddler Feeding Practices in Latinos: An Early Start to Obesity Prevention
V. Chaidez, L. Kaiser, and S.A. Vosti
2009 Experimental Biology meeting abstracts, Abstract #737.17 (accessed April 17, 2009)