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Estimating Prices for Foods in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: The Purchase to Plate Price Tool - Cover image

Estimating Prices for Foods in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: The Purchase to Plate Price Tool

  • by Andrea Carlson, Kevin Kuczynski, TusaRebecca Pannucci, Kristin Koegel, Elina T. Page, Carina E. Tornow and Thea Palmer Zimmerman
  • 9/9/2020
  • TB-1955

Overview

The Purchase to Plate Price Tool (PPPT) report explains the methodology behind estimating prices for foods in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The PPPT will be used to estimate food prices for the next update of the Thrifty Food Plan. The report also verifies the prices by comparing estimated food expenditures of NHANES participants to other government surveys.

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