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标题：Nutrition economics: towards comprehensive understanding of the benefits of nutrition
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作者：Aki Koponen ; Mari Sandell ; Seppo Salminen 等
期刊名称：Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease
印刷版ISSN：1651-2235
出版年度：2012
卷号：23
期号：s2
DOI：10.3402/mehd.v23i0.18585%40zmeh20.2012.23.issue-s2
出版社：Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease
摘要：There has been an increase in the knowledge and interest on nutrition, and functional foods have gained popularity over the last few decades, and the trend is increasing. Probiotics and prebiotics are among the most studied functional foods. Nutrition economics has been defined as the discipline dedicated to researching and characterising health and economic outcomes in nutrition for the benefit of society. The concept and its application to probiotics and prebiotics will be discussed in terms of health and economic benefits and their evaluation. Health economics and concrete applications showing how to maximise long-term nutritional benefits will contribute to motivate consumers in making food choices based on a rational understanding of their own interest. We present a model that shows that nutrition economics can be used as an analytical tool for product and service network development.
关键词：Nutrition ; economics ; public health ; effectiveness ; product development ; service networks