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Estimating Economic Costs of Unhealthy Diets: A Proposed Methodology

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dc.contributor.authorHorton, Susan
dc.contributor.authorFracassi, Patrizia
dc.contributor.authorSiekmans, Kendra
dc.contributor.authorKato, Tomoko
dc.contributor.authorHanley-Cook, Giles
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-23T22:00:06Z
dc.date.available2024-01-23T22:00:06Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-23
dc.description.abstractHealthy diets have been characterized as responding to four universal principles—nutrient adequacy, dietary diversity, macronutrient balance, and moderation. With rising incomes, diet concerns globally have shifted from inadequacy of nutrients and lack of diversity, to lack of balance and moderation. This has occurred alongside declining rates of stunting and wasting in children under five and increasing rates of overweight and obesity across a broad age span. Calculations undertaken for low- and middle-income countries for policy and advocacy purposes of the economic cost of unhealthy diets have used nutritional status as a proxy or have made estimates of the impact of noncommunicable diseases by simply adding up known risks of individual diet factors. Both these methods have problems. This paper proposes a new methodology, taking advantage of recent, more holistic, measures of diet quality. Preliminary regression results are presented using cross-country data and the Global Dietary Recommendations Score and Minimum Dietary Diversity for women. The results suggest that diet quality variables generally have the expected signs, but there are also clear limitations of using cross-country data. The methodology could be applied in future to a limited number of broadly representative low- and middle-income countries data sets containing both diet recall data as well as measures of noncommunicable disease risk status. The analysis suggests that this work could inform policies such as the repurposing of existing agrifood policies to complement existing public health policies, to reduce the economic and health burdens imposed by unhealthy diets.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099839401162431298/IDU152ca6b541085314ca41a22a1bf67750bec89
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10671
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40958
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper; 10671
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectDIET QUALITY
dc.subjectFOOD CHOICES
dc.subjectUNDERNUTRITION
dc.subjectOVERWEIGHT
dc.subjectOBESITY
dc.subjectNON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
dc.subjectHEALTHCARE COSTS
dc.subjectAGRIFOOD POLICY
dc.titleEstimating Economic Costs of Unhealthy Dietsen
dc.title.subtitleA Proposed Methodologyen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.crossref.titleEstimating Economic Costs of Unhealthy Diets: A Proposed Methodology
okr.date.disclosure2024-01-16
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okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-09T02:56:12.120917Z
okr.date.lastmodified2024-01-16T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099839401162431298/IDU152ca6b541085314ca41a22a1bf67750bec89
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-10671
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-10671
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34239717
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okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.sectorOther Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry
okr.themeUrban Infrastructure and Service Delivery,Mitigation,Human Development and Gender,Economic Policy,Food Security,Nutrition,Trade Policy,Fiscal Policy,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Climate change,Urban and Rural Development,Trade,Adaptation,Public Expenditure Policy,Nutrition and Food Security,Urban Development
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Cancer
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Nutrition
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Economics & Finance
okr.unitAgriculture and Food GE (SAGGL)
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