Market incentives could bring U.S. agriculture and nutrition policies into accord

Abstract

The article reports on the ability of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help improve public health by creating a retail-based mechanism to provide participants in its Food Stamp Program with significant monetary incentives to purchase health-promoting foods. By increasing the consumption of such foods is of immediate importance in combating skyrocketing rates of diet-related chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and obesity.