Obesity and diabetes are increasingly attributed to environmental factors, however, little attention has been paid to … ‘local’ food economy with county-level prevalence of obesity and diabetes. Key indicators of the ‘local’ food economy include … environment is strongly associated with prevalence of obesity and diabetes and a strong 'local' food economy may play an important …

analysis. The morbidities included in the analysis are Hypertension, Diabetes, Angina, Stroke, Arthritis and Depression … morbidities such as Hypertension, Angina, Diabetes and Arthritis in all the four countries. In comparison, overweight/obesity was … Hypertension, Angina, Diabetes and Arthritis. …

What explains poverty of Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia? One view holds the disease environment of these regions as … economic performance of countries. Disease does not play a significant role in determining outcomes. On the contrary, we find … support for the indirect effect of disease via institutions, as asserted by the 'institutions school'. Interestingly, the …

What explains poverty of Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia? One view holds the disease environment of these regions as … economic performance of countries. Disease does not play a significant role in determining outcomes. On the contrary, we find … support for the indirect effect of disease via institutions, as asserted by the 'institutions school'. Interestingly, the …

how well-intentioned public policy may contribute to disease instability and uncertainty. …

household also affects disease prevalence among the male populations. The amount of land possessed by a household affects the … disease prevalence among rural OA only. In the case of disabilities, age and economic dependency of the OAs have significant …

growth policies to meet the population ageing induced fiscal pressure in Australia. The research in this thesis attempts to …

, capital, and trade openness in Australia. We also apply the vector error correction model (VECM) to understand the short run …