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Lisa Mancino
Agricultural Economist
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Room N2098
1800 M Street NW
Washington, DC
20036-5831
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lmancino@ers.usda.gov
phone: (202) 694-5563
fax: (202) 694-5688
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Briefly
Lisa Mancino has been a researcher in the Diet, Safety and Health Economics branch in ERS’s Food Economics Division since August of 2003. The branch’s current research priority is to enhance the knowledge base for explaining the causes and consequences of rising rates of overweight and obesity, and the roles of household income and structure, diet and health knowledge and information, and food access and prices in explaining differences in weight outcomes. Current Projects
- Economics of obesity
- Behavioral economics
- Demand for convenience
Background
Before coming to ERS, Lisa was a Ph.D. student at the University of Minnesota and research assistant for the Retail Food Industry Center. Education
Lisa has a Ph.D. and an M.S. in agricultural economics from the University of Minnesota and a B.A. in International Management from Gustavus Adolphus College.
Publications
ERS publications by this author "Diet Quality and Calories Consumed: The Impact of Being Hungrier, Busier, and Eating Out." (With Dr. Jean Kinsey) 2004. Working Paper 04-02. The Food Industry Center, University of Minnesota. "Americans’ Food Choices: The Interaction of Intentions, Impulses, and Convenience." Ph.D. Thesis, 2003, University of Minnesota. "The Road to Not-So-Wellville: Paved with Good Intentions, Misperceptions, and Time Constraints."
(With Dr. Jean Kinsey). Choices, Fall 2002. "The Roles of Information, Intentions, and Convenience in the American Diet." Paper presented at the
American Agricultural Economics Association Meeting in Long Beach, CA, July 2002.
"Twin City Natural Food Co-ops: The Role of Customer Preferences and Characteristics when Choosing Among Structural Options." (With Dr. Claudia Parliament, 2001). Working Paper 01-07, The Retail Food Industry Center, University of Minnesota.
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