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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 …
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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. …
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Objective Better measurement of the health and cognitive benefits of breastfeeding by using sibling comparisons to reduce sample selection bias. Data We use data on the breastfeeding history, physical and emotional health, academic performance, cognitive ability, and demographic characteristics...
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British and German markets. The study estimated Almost Ideal demand system (AIDS), according to seemingly unrelated regression … other variables hold constant and insignificantly statistics. The results of the AIDS model in the British market showed … the France market. The results of the AIDS model in the German market showed France, Holland, and Denmark are the most …
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-CSOs) have benefited from increased funding related to the HIV/AIDS response in Africa. First, we review the literature on …
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There are competing views of how HIV/AIDS affects saving, and to a lesser extent, investment. One argument is that …
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The spread of HIV and AIDS and risky sexual behavior continues to be a problem in Sub-Saharan African countries despite … very low, the opportunity cost associated with dying from AIDS and foregoing future consumption is very low. We examine how … survival. In the model, agents can receive life insurance benefits if their death is not the result of AIDS. We demonstrate …
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. It will also help in proper distribution of donations and aids to poor citizen within short time aiding the poverty …
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. It aims to apply statistical models for the HIV/AIDS data in Khartoum state centers of testing blood and counseling. AIDS … is recognized as an emerging disease only in the early 1980s, AIDS has rapidly established itself throughout the world …, and is likely to endure and persist well into the 21s century. AIDS has evolved from a mysterious illness to a global …
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This paper estimates the effect of conflict and conflict-related vulnerability factors, namely sexual violence and economic vulnerability, on HIV prevalence rates. We find that HIV prevalence rates are higher in conflict-affected regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) than in...
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