Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Health, Nutrition and Demand for Food: an American Perspective -- 3 Health, Nutrition and Demand for Food: a European Perspective -- 4 Double Impact: Educational Attainment and the Macronutrient Intake of US Adults -- 5 Assessing the Importance of Health Information in Relation to Dietary Intakes in the USA -- 6 A Sample Selection Model with Endogenous Health Knowledge: Egg Consumption in the USA -- 7 Health Information and Food Demand in Eastern and Western Germany -- 8 Health Information and Food Demand in France -- 9 The Impact of Nutrient Intake on Food Demand in Spain -- 10 Health Information and Unstable Effects from Autocorrelation -- 11 Relative Impacts of Health Information and Advertising on Commodity Markets: US Meats -- 12 The Impact of Dietary Cholesterol Concerns on Consumer Demand for Eggs in the USA -- 13 Employing an Environmental Taxation Mechanism to Reduce Fat Intake -- 14 How do Markets Respond to Food Scares? -- 15 Assessment of Findings and Future Research -- Index.