How Would a Better Diet Affect Health and Economic Outcomes in the United States?

Pedro Nascimento de Lima, PhuongGiang Nguyen, Patricia M. Herman, Roland Sturm

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This online tool shows the effect that improving diet quality in the United States could have on health and economic outcomes, such as the prevalence of diet-related illness, health care spending, and labor force participation, over a 30-year period. The user can explore the effects of a dietary improvement on several outcomes, across different metrics and population sub-groups.

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Nascimento de Lima, Pedro, PhuongGiang Nguyen, Patricia M. Herman, and Roland Sturm, How Would a Better Diet Affect Health and Economic Outcomes in the United States? RAND Corporation, TL-363-PHARM, 2020. As of September 15, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/tools/TL363.html
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Nascimento de Lima, Pedro, PhuongGiang Nguyen, Patricia M. Herman, and Roland Sturm, How Would a Better Diet Affect Health and Economic Outcomes in the United States? Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2020. https://www.rand.org/pubs/tools/TL363.html.
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