An assessment of the potential consumption impacts of WHO dietary norms in OECD countries |
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Authors: | C.S. Srinivasan Xavier IrzBhavani Shankar |
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Affiliation: | Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, The University of Reading, P.O. Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | The member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) have recently endorsed its global strategy on diet, physical activity and health. The strategy emphasises the need to limit the consumption of saturated fats and trans-fatty acids, salt and sugars, and to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables in order to combat the growing burden of non-communicable diseases. This paper attempts a broad quantitative assessment of the consumption impacts of these norms in OECD countries using a mathematical programming approach. We find that adherence to the WHO norms would involve a significant decrease in the consumption of vegetable oils (30%), dairy products (28%), sugar (24%), animal fats (30%) and meat (pig meat, 13.5%, mutton and goat 14.5%) and a significant increase in the human consumption of cereals (31%), fruits (25%) and vegetables (21%). |
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Keywords: | Diet and nutrition WHO global strategy Diet optimisation Consumption impacts |
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