Food Pricing and Its Effect on Nutrition and Health

2025 AAEA annual meeting organized symposium

The 2025 AAEA Annual Meeting Organized Symposium, “Food pricing and Its Effect on Nutrition and Health” will examine how food prices and pricing policies affect nutrition and health. Presenters will first share their expertise and ongoing work examining sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes, the relationship between SSB prices and BMI, broad junk food taxes such as the Navajo Nation Healthy Diné Nation Act, and healthy food subsidies including those funded by the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) in short (≤ 5 minutes) presentations. A panel discussion will follow, addressing questions regarding the function and effectiveness of pricing policies that impact nutrition and health, and related research challenges and opportunities.

Participants in this session:

• Anne Byrne
  Organizer
• Chen Zhen, University of Georgia
  Panelist
• Christian Rojas, University of Masschusetts Amherst
  Panelist
• Beomyun Kim, Iowa State University
  Panelist

This session will take place on July 28 from 10:00 am – 11:30 am in the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in the Directors Row H room.

If you are interested in attending the 2025 AAEA Annual Meeting in Denver, CO, please send a completed complimentary media registration to Allison Ware in the AAEA Business Office. You can also learn more on our Annual Meeting Media Kit page or view the entire AAEA programmed schedule.

ABOUT AAEA: Established in 1910, the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is the leading professional association for agricultural and applied economists, with 2,500 members in more than 60 countries. Members of the AAEA work in academic or government institutions as well as in industry and not-for-profit organizations, and engage in a variety of research, teaching, and outreach activities in the areas of agriculture, the environment, food, health, and international development. The AAEA publishes three journals, the Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (an open access journal), the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, as well as the online magazine Choices and the online open access publication series Applied Economics Teaching Resources. To learn more, visit www.aaea.org.

Contact: Allison Ware
Senior Communications & Membership Manager 
(414) 918-3190
Email: aware@aaea.org