Beyond the Consumer Food Price Index Measuring the Cost of a Healthy Diet in India
Narayanan, Sudha.
Beyond the Consumer Food Price Index Measuring the Cost of a Healthy Diet in India - Economic and Political Weekly 2024 - 48-56
In this paper, we make a case for routinely computing the CoHD alongside the CPI-F. We show that, though correlated with the consumer price index for food, they do not always move in the same direction and that the CPI-F is a poor predictor of CoHD. Thus, attempts to draw inferences on the health and nutritional implications of food inflation using the CPI-F can lead to erroneous conclusions. We propose that the CoHD be used as a barometer for barriers faced in attaining healthy diverse diets across time as well as space and as an input into policy decisions, such as costing social protection programmes.
00129976
Cost of a Healthy Diet
Health and Nutrition
Nutritional Challenges
Consumer Food Price Index
Beyond the Consumer Food Price Index Measuring the Cost of a Healthy Diet in India - Economic and Political Weekly 2024 - 48-56
In this paper, we make a case for routinely computing the CoHD alongside the CPI-F. We show that, though correlated with the consumer price index for food, they do not always move in the same direction and that the CPI-F is a poor predictor of CoHD. Thus, attempts to draw inferences on the health and nutritional implications of food inflation using the CPI-F can lead to erroneous conclusions. We propose that the CoHD be used as a barometer for barriers faced in attaining healthy diverse diets across time as well as space and as an input into policy decisions, such as costing social protection programmes.
00129976
Cost of a Healthy Diet
Health and Nutrition
Nutritional Challenges
Consumer Food Price Index