Fruits and Vegetables Availability for Human Consumption in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: Patterns and Determinants

Inadequate intake of fruits and vegetables (F&V) is one of the leading causes of chronic diseases in the world. This study examined the patterns and determinants of F&V availability for human consumption in Latin American and Caribbean countries between 1991 and 2002. The results showed that...

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Main Author:	Asfaw, Abay
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Health Production I120 Health: Government Policy Regulation Public Health I180 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4755

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spelling	okr-10986-47552021-04-23T14:02:19Z Fruits and Vegetables Availability for Human Consumption in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: Patterns and Determinants Asfaw, Abay Health Production I120 Health: Government Policy Regulation Public Health I180 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Inadequate intake of fruits and vegetables (F&V) is one of the leading causes of chronic diseases in the world. This study examined the patterns and determinants of F&V availability for human consumption in Latin American and Caribbean countries between 1991 and 2002. The results showed that there were considerable disparities between and within countries and only one-third of the sampled countries (if only 20% wastage is assumed) could achieve the World Health Organization's recommendation of 146kg of F&V intake/capita/year. The elasticities estimated from a fixed effect regression also showed that income, urbanization, price, and poverty were some of the important factors that affect the long-term availability of F&V. 2012-03-30T07:29:34Z 2012-03-30T07:29:34Z 2008 Journal Article Food Policy 03069192 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4755 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Latin America Caribbean
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description	Inadequate intake of fruits and vegetables (F&V) is one of the leading causes of chronic diseases in the world. This study examined the patterns and determinants of F&V availability for human consumption in Latin American and Caribbean countries between 1991 and 2002. The results showed that there were considerable disparities between and within countries and only one-third of the sampled countries (if only 20% wastage is assumed) could achieve the World Health Organization's recommendation of 146kg of F&V intake/capita/year. The elasticities estimated from a fixed effect regression also showed that income, urbanization, price, and poverty were some of the important factors that affect the long-term availability of F&V.
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title	Fruits and Vegetables Availability for Human Consumption in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: Patterns and Determinants
title_short	Fruits and Vegetables Availability for Human Consumption in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: Patterns and Determinants
title_full	Fruits and Vegetables Availability for Human Consumption in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: Patterns and Determinants
title_fullStr	Fruits and Vegetables Availability for Human Consumption in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: Patterns and Determinants
title_full_unstemmed	Fruits and Vegetables Availability for Human Consumption in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: Patterns and Determinants
title_sort	fruits and vegetables availability for human consumption in latin american and caribbean countries: patterns and determinants
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Fruits and Vegetables Availability for Human Consumption in Latin American and Caribbean Countries: Patterns and Determinants

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