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JOURNAL OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Volume 43, Issue 2, Pages 274-304Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2009.01140.x
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The federal government's Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) minimizes the difference between a proposed food plan and a current consumption bundle, subject to cost and nutrition constraints. This article adapted the TFP framework to estimate the cost of a nutritious diet, distinguishing between nutrition constraints based on food categories (meat, vegetables) or nutrients (saturated fat, calcium). The official cost target for the TFP was sufficient if one tolerated a very high difference from current consumption patterns, or if one used nutrition standards instead of MyPyramid food category standards. In other scenarios, with different constraints, the official cost target was insufficient.
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