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AAEC-4814: Food and Health Economics

Description: Microeconomics of food, nutrition, and health. Overview of nutrition, nutrition recommendations, and implications for economics based decisions. Individual and household food consumption and health production models. Farm to consumer market linkage models with nutrition and health implications Effectiveness of food and nutrition interventions and policies. Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis of health interventions. Pre: Senior Standing required.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.43 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 22.53%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.24%

George C Davis202452.5%41.8%4.0%1.5%0.0%0.2%3.436

Grade Distribution Over Time

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