Incorporating Food-away-from-Home into the Thrifty Food Plan

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dc.contributor.authorZhang, Geen
dc.contributor.committeechairYou, Wenen
dc.contributor.committeecochairDavis, George C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTaylor, Daniel B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLin, Biing-Hwanen
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:50:05Zen
dc.date.adate2008-12-30en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:50:05Zen
dc.date.issued2008-08-12en
dc.date.rdate2008-12-30en
dc.date.sdate2008-12-16en
dc.description.abstractThis study explores the impact of incorporating Food-away-from-Home (FAFH) into the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP). The new model of this study, FLEX, uses similar sets of datasets on prices, nutrition and average consumption pattern as those used in the TFP model. The 2001-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data is used to generate average consumption and nutrient profiles. The relative price ratio of FAFH to FAH is assumed and fixed at 1.77. We compared nutrient intake, food intake and food expenditure amount across the FLEX, TFP, and the current low-income consumers' consumption pattern. The overall finding is that moderate amount of FAFH can be a part of a balanced and nutritious diet and allowing FAFH as another food sources makes the diet recommendations relatively easier to follow. With the relative price assumption used in this study, considering FAFH does not make the diet plan unaffordable.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12162008-043649en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12162008-043649/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36201en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
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dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectFAFHen
dc.subjectFLEXen
dc.subjectthe TFPen
dc.subjectmath programmingen
dc.titleIncorporating Food-away-from-Home into the Thrifty Food Planen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineAgricultural and Applied Economicsen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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