Subsidise fruits and vegetables to encourage healthy and sustainable diets
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https://doi.org/10.25250/thescbr.brk710Keywords:
obesity epidemic, subsidy, healthy food, market imperfections, fruits and vegetablesAbstract
Many families buy too little fruits and vegetables because market imperfections drive up their prices. With disturbed supply chains and rising inflation, imperfections become more pronounced, forcing many to choose less healthy alternatives. We propose a subsidy on fruits and vegetables financed through a progressive tax and show that it would strongly push diets in the right direction.
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Pancrazi, R., van Rens, T., & Vukotić, M. (2022). How distorted food prices discourage a healthy diet. Science Advances, 8(13). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abi8807

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