Many developing countries use food-price subsidies or price controls to improve the nutrition of the poor. However … subsidies for poor households in two provinces of China and find no evidence that the subsidies improved nutrition. In fact, it …

Recent analyses differ on how effective the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC …) is at improving infant health. We use data from nine states that participate in the Pregnancy Nutrition Surveillance …

We study the effect on nutrition of an exogenous increase in food grain subsidy in rural India resulting from a program … grains that are cheaper, yet taste-wise, inferior sources of nutrition, but had no effect on calorie, protein and fat intake … nutrition are also negligible. We find evidence that the decline in the price of wheat and rice, changed consumption patterns …

We use data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine the prevalence and determinants … capital production function that summarizes available nutrition information. We find that although many youths suffer from …

meaningful impact on grocery spending for households with children, with monthly food purchases declining by about $11, or 5 …