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Maternal sugar consumption in utero may have a variety of effects on offspring. We exploit the abolishment of the rationing of sweet confectionery in the UK on April 24, 1949, and its subsequent reintroduction some months later, in an era of otherwise uninterrupted rationing of confectionery...
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This paper develops a conceptual framework that can explain why economic development goes along with increases in body weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food availability due to trade or innovation. Then we study how...
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Time scarcity is one of the strongest correlates of fast food consumption. To estimate the causal effect of time lost on food choice, we match daily store-specific foot traffic data traced via smartphones to plausibly exogenous shocks in highway traffic data in Los Angeles. We find that on days...
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's recommended intakes. -- First World War ; Britain ; food controls ; food consumption ; nutrition …
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food consumption. We also find that the lower tail of the household nutrition distribution drops away very rapidly, so that … few households suffered serious food shortages. -- nutrition ; well-being ; Britain ; early 20th century …
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economic crises and transitions. -- crisis ; diet ; fluctuation ; health ; nutrition …
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, especially in LMICs, which host 95% of teen births globally (WHO, 2014). Using panel and sibling data from India, this paper …
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in children's nutritional outcomes. Using data from the Third Round of the National Family Health Survey for India … of women's empowerment in improving children's nutrition during the critical first two years of life, a recognized …
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experimental evidence on child health and human capital outcomes from the longer-term follow-up of a school-based nutrition … intervention in India. Using panel data, we examine the effectiveness of the use of iron and iodine fortified salt in school …
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studies the effect of a nutrition information intervention on household dietary behavior, hemoglobin levels, and cognitive … outcomes of children in rural India. Using experimental data and regression discontinuity design that exploits the exogenous … health, and cognitive outcomes of children. Our findings suggest that light-touch nutrition information alone, even when …
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