Koponen Aki, Sandell Mari, Salminen Seppo, Lenoir-Wijnkoop Irene
Centre for Collaborative Research, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
Microb Ecol Health Dis. 2012 Jun 18;23. doi: 10.3402/mehd.v23i0.18585. eCollection 2012.
There has been an increase in the knowledge and interest on nutrition, and functional foods have gained popularity over the last few decades, and the trend is increasing. Probiotics and prebiotics are among the most studied functional foods. Nutrition economics has been defined as the discipline dedicated to researching and characterising health and economic outcomes in nutrition for the benefit of society. The concept and its application to probiotics and prebiotics will be discussed in terms of health and economic benefits and their evaluation. Health economics and concrete applications showing how to maximise long-term nutritional benefits will contribute to motivate consumers in making food choices based on a rational understanding of their own interest. We present a model that shows that nutrition economics can be used as an analytical tool for product and service network development.
在过去几十年里，人们对营养的了解和兴趣有所增加，功能性食品越来越受欢迎，且这一趋势仍在上升。益生菌和益生元是研究最多的功能性食品之一。营养经济学被定义为一门致力于研究和描述营养方面的健康和经济成果以造福社会的学科。将从健康和经济效益及其评估方面讨论这一概念及其在益生菌和益生元方面的应用。健康经济学以及展示如何最大化长期营养效益的具体应用，将有助于促使消费者基于对自身利益的理性理解做出食物选择。我们提出一个模型，该模型表明营养经济学可用作产品和服务网络发展的分析工具。
