Ranney, Christine K.McNamara, Paul E.2018-08-212018-08-212002-07https://hdl.handle.net/1813/57797WP 2002-22 July 2002Do healthier diets cost more? We estimate a hedonic regression model of the U.S. diet. Given food expenditures and information on dietary intake we infer the marginal cost of improved quality. Meeting the Pyramid recommendations implies decreased expenditures from two of the seven food groups.en-USarticle