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When traditional measures for economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, stature and the body mass index (BMI) are now widely-accepted measures that reflect economic conditions. However, little work exists for late 19th and early 20th century women's BMIs in the US and how they varied with...
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Studies of the relationship of nutrition and economic development have hitherto largely focused on the question how the … state of nutrition has changed in consequence of economic developments. The analysis concentrated on the "passive role of … nutrition". In the following article the question is reversed: what possibilities exist for influencing the development process …
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the physical environment. This study evaluates 19th century macro-level nutrition and diseases associated with US BMI … effect on net-nutrition than cholera. After controlling for nutrition and disease, black BMIs and weights were greater than …
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When traditional measures for economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, stature and the body mass index (BMI) are now widely-accepted measures that reflect economic conditions. However, little work exists for late 19th and early 20th century women's BMIs in the US and how they varied with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012994194
the physical environment. This study evaluates 19th century macro-level nutrition and diseases associated with US BMI … effect on net-nutrition than cholera. After controlling for nutrition and disease, black BMIs and weights were greater than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012258102
One major concern of the Third World, with its emotional and moralistic overtones, is the production and distribution of food. Unfortunately, however, the world food situation is very complex and any over-simplification is counter-productive. This article confronts the myths with the facts...
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This thesis addresses 3 different aspects of food and poverty related problems in developing countries. The first essay presents a new operational concept of transaction costs that firstly allows assessing the magnitude and secondly recognizing the non homogeneity of food products. This is...
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nutrition trap (but are not necessarily overweight) are at increased risk of metabolic disease. The model and the underlying …
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