Adult height, as a marker of childhood health, has recently become a focus in understanding the relationship between … childhood health and health outcomes at older ages. However, measured height of the older individuals is contaminated by height … shrinkage from aging. Height shrinkage, in turn may be correlated with health conditions and socio-economic status from …

Available evidence suggests high intergenerational correlation of economic status, and persistent disparities in health … status between the rich and the poor. This paper proposes a novel mechanism linking the two. Health human capital is …

associated with taller men and women. This study based on a recent Indian data analyses the variations in height among adult …

empirical finding that the wage gains associated with height are almost twice as large for immigrants than for native …

differentials in child malnutrition. Child illness, health status of their mothers and poverty status of households are the key …

Engaging and strengthening the ICDS and Health programs of the government was a major approach of the two component … effectiveness at scale. This paper describes how the INHP learnt and evolved in its strategies in engaging existing public health …