Was it the study by Engel in 1985, looking at the proportion of people's 
income spent on food and found that as income increased the share of $ spend 
on food decreased, using 'engel curves'?   If so, check the economics 
literature....hope this helps.

Anneliese

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Subject: [SDOH] help! looking for a citation


> Somebody in a recent conversation described a study on eating habits of 
> poor people which showed that dollar for dollar, poor people buy more 
> nutritious food than more well-to-do folks. Of course I cannot remember 
> who it was who mentioned it, nor where the study can be found. Can anyone 
> help?
>
> Cathleen Kneen
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