Danone Research, RD 128, 91767, Scientific Affairs, Palaiseau, France.
Br J Nutr. 2011 Jan;105(1):157-66. doi: 10.1017/S0007114510003041. Epub 2010 Aug 27.
There is a new merging of health economics and nutrition disciplines to assess the impact of diet on health and disease prevention and to characterise the health and economic aspects of specific changes in nutritional behaviour and nutrition recommendations. A rationale exists for developing the field of nutrition economics which could offer a better understanding of both nutrition, in the context of having a significant influence on health outcomes, and economics, in order to estimate the absolute and relative monetary impact of health measures. For this purpose, an expert meeting assessed questions aimed at clarifying the scope and identifying the key issues that should be taken into consideration in developing nutrition economics as a discipline that could potentially address important questions. We propose a first multidisciplinary outline for understanding the principles and particular characteristics of this emerging field. We summarise here the concepts and the observations of workshop participants and propose a basic setting for nutrition economics and health outcomes research as a novel discipline to support nutrition, health economics and health policy development in an evidence and health-benefit-based manner.
健康经济学与营养学科正在融合，以评估饮食对健康和疾病预防的影响，并描述特定营养行为和营养建议改变的健康和经济方面。发展营养经济学领域具有一定的合理性，它可以使我们更好地理解营养，因为营养对健康结果有重大影响，同时也可以理解经济学，以便估算健康措施的绝对和相对货币影响。为此，一次专家会议评估了旨在阐明范围和确定关键问题的问题，这些问题应该在将营养经济学作为一门有可能解决重要问题的学科来发展时加以考虑。我们提出了一个用于理解这一新兴领域的原则和特殊特征的多学科初步纲要。我们在此总结了研讨会参与者的概念和意见，并提出了营养经济学和健康结果研究的基本框架，作为一种新的学科，以循证和基于健康效益的方式支持营养、健康经济学和卫生政策的制定。
