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 …

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 …

Nutrition is a key input in the health production function, and a better understanding of how we eat can aid in guiding … effective policy change towards better population health. This study documents prevalence rates, trends in, and potential … real GDP per capita, labor force participation, and health care measures in a nation can partly explain the increase in …

paper I employ the First, Second, and Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys to estimate a structural model …

-- at any given actual weight -- than those with low education. These results should be treated cautiously, and fixed …

lower education was 10 percentage points higher in states with substitute programs than in states that implemented the …