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The Influence of Health on Labor Productivity: An Analysis of European Conscription Data

Knapp, David - 2007

Height has been used in a growing literature as a measure of net nutrition throughout the first 20 years of life. This … paper builds on that literature by considering the influence that net nutrition has on a population’s labor productivity … nutrition in people’s first 20 years has had a significant and positive effect on labor productivity over the twentieth century …

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Underlying Contextual Effects Leading to over Consumption: Extremeness Aversion and Bundling

Sharpe, Kathryn Michelle - 2008

Obesity is now a global problem. Within the U.S., the rise in obesity has been largely driven by the increase in caloric consumption. By specifically observing the practices in the fast food industry, this dissertation examines two factors, portion sizes and bundling, to answer the question,...

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Bargaining and household dynamics: The impact of education and financial control on nutrition outcomes in South Africa

Simister J.; Piesse J. - 2003

on child nutrition in developing countries has been more successful, and here consistent patterns have been found. There …

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Do Income Constraints Inhibit Spending on Fruits and Vegetables Among Low-Income Households?

Stewart, Hayden; Blisard, Noel; Jolliffe, Dean - 2003

This study assesses whether income constraints inhibit spending on fruits and vegetables among low-income households. If this is the case, then it is hypothesized that the distribution of expenditures on fruits and vegetables by low-income households should be stochastically dominated by the...

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Health and wealth: Dietary supplements, network marketing and the commodification of health

Dixon, Anna R - 2003

Dietary supplements overall constitute a multibillion-dollar industry in the U.S. today. This dissertation investigates a heretofore poorly-documented aspect of the burgeoning dietary supplements industry: network marketing. Network marketing, exemplified by companies like Amway as well as a...

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Descriptive epidemiology and health consequences of childhood obesity

Reilly, John - 2005

Obesity is now the most common disorder of childhood in the developed world, and its prevalence is still increasing. A large body of high-quality and consistent evidence shows that it is best defined using the body mass index (BMI) percentile relative to national BMI reference data. This...

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Transforming salmonid aquaculture from a consumer to a producer of long chain omega-3 fatty acids

Turchini, Giovanni M.; Francis, David S.; Keast, … - 2011

Recommendations to endorse the sustainability of wild fish stock utilisation, supporting the health of marine ecosystems, are clashing with those to increase omega-3 fatty acids ( n− 3 LC-PUFA) consumption and promoting human health. The objective of this study was to evaluate the role of...

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Quality certification for locally produced complementary foods in Mali

Sanogo, Diakalia - 2001

supplement other elements of national child-nutrition and anti-poverty policies such as maternal education, and the provision of …

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Price and participation in Indiana school food services

Ham, Seonok - 1998

The purpose of this study was to identify factors affecting NSLP participation and price and assess their impacts. The dependent variables for this study were participation and price. Average Daily Participation (ADP) was used as a participation rate, and the following specific participation...

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Determining the impact of food price and income changes on body weight

Schroeter, Christiane - 2005

previous economic and nutrition studies, and energy accounting is used. Data on own-price elasticities and cross …

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