Cost-effectiveness of a New Nordic Diet as a strategy for health promotion

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Cost-effectiveness of a New Nordic Diet as a strategy for health promotion. / Jensen, Jørgen Dejgård; Saxe, Henrik; Denver, Sigrid.

In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 12, No. 7, 2015, p. 7370-7391.

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Jensen, JD, Saxe, H & Denver, S 2015, 'Cost-effectiveness of a New Nordic Diet as a strategy for health promotion', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 7370-7391. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120707370

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Jensen, J. D., Saxe, H., & Denver, S. (2015). Cost-effectiveness of a New Nordic Diet as a strategy for health promotion. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(7), 7370-7391. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120707370

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Jensen JD, Saxe H, Denver S. Cost-effectiveness of a New Nordic Diet as a strategy for health promotion. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2015;12(7):7370-7391. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph120707370

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Jensen, Jørgen Dejgård ; Saxe, Henrik ; Denver, Sigrid. / Cost-effectiveness of a New Nordic Diet as a strategy for health promotion. In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2015 ; Vol. 12, No. 7. pp. 7370-7391.

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abstract = "Inappropriate diets constitute an important health risk and an increasing environmental burden. Healthy regional diets may contribute to meeting this dual challenge. A palatable, healthy and sustainable New Nordic diet (NND) based on organic products from the Nordic region has been developed. This study assesses whether a large-scale introduction of NND is a cost-effective health promotion strategy by combining an economic model for estimating the utility-maximizing composition of NND, a life cycle assessment model to assess environmental effects of the dietary change, and a health impact model to assess impacts on the disease burden. Consumer expenditure for food and beverages in the NND is about 16% higher than currently, with the largest relative difference in low-income households. Environmental loads from food consumption are 15%–25% lower, and more than 18,000 disability-adjusted life years (DALY) will be saved per year in Denmark. NND exhibits a cost-effectiveness ratio of about €73,000–94,000 per DALY saved. This cost-effectiveness improves considerably, if the NND{\textquoteright}s emphasis on organic and Nordic-origin products is relaxed.",
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