to age group, with findings in the recent literature that changes in body weight are
also a significant problem for younger generations. In this paper, age groups served
to distinguish the food behaviour of individuals of different ages, using cohorts may
be an appealing alternative for future research, when we want to assess intergener-
ational shifts in consumption. By studying for the changes in demographic struc-
tures and tastes, cohort characterisation may provide a better means of determining
whether changes in relative prices further explain the recent overweight trends in
Italy, or whether they will continue in the near future.
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