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Essays on Food Security and the Nutrition Transition in Developing Countries
Rischke, Ramona - 2014
countries is the „nutrition transition“, i.e. the trend towards the consumption of more energy-dense, highly processed foods and … more sedentary lifestyles. Two essays of this Ph.D. thesis analyse drivers and consequences of the nutrition transition in … pattern’ of the so-called supermarket revolution. Supermarket purchases are found to contribute to the nutrition transition by …
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The analysis of policies to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty [FAST version]
Wilson, Edgar James - 2009
A collection of eighteen articles have been purposely chosen to demonstrate the development of the original and significant contributions of my research over the period 1990 to 2008. Despite the relatively large number of articles, which cover a range of related issues, there is a surprisingly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457368
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Changing Diets in China's Cities: Empirical Fact or Urban Legend?
Fuller, Frank H.; Dong, Fengxia - 2006
Replaced with revised version of paper 09/12/07.
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Why Is the Obesity Rate So Low in Japan and High in the U.S.? Some Possible Economic Explanations
Senauer, Benjamin; Gemma, Masahiko - 2006
More than one billion adults are overweight worldwide, and more than 300 million of them clinically obese, raising the risk of many serious diseases. Only 3.6 percent of Japanese have a body mass index (BMI) over 30, which is the international standard for obesity, whereas 32.0 percent of...
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A JAPÁN GAZDASÁG NÉHÁNY JELLEGZETESSÉGE A XXI. SZÁZAD FORDULÓJÁN
Tompe, Ferenc - 2005
Japán és a Távol-Kelet évtizedeken keresztül a világ egyéb térségeinek csodá-latát vívta ki elsősorban az átlagot meghaladó, gyors gazdasági növekedésével. Az 1990-es években a korábbi „keleti motor”-ként tekintett Japán gazdasága kü-lönleges helyzetbe került: a...
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Demographic characteristics of ethical consumers
Schnitz, Casey Lee - 2008
Master of Science
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Brand Inertia in U.S. Household Cheese Consumption.
Arnade, Carlos; Gopinath, Munisamy; Pick, Daniel - 2008
To analyze U.S. consumers' brand choices for cheese purchases, we derive a set of discrete-choice models from dynamic utility maximization. ACNielsen Homescan Survey data on U.S. households is used to estimate a dynamic probit model for each of the top brands for cheddar, shredded, and sliced...
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Food supply in the European Union from 1961 to 2003
Neier, Anna-Magdalena - 2009
In dieser Studie über die Nahrungsmittelverfügbarkeit in der Europäischen Union mit den Mitgliederstaaten von 2009, werden Food Balance Sheets (FBS) der Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) von 1961 bis 2003 analysiert. Obwohl die Zuverlässigkeit und Präzision der FBS Daten stark von der...
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THE IMPACT OF HOUSEHOLD-LEVEL DETERMINANTS OF CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION: CROSS-COUNTRY EVIDENCE FROM WEST AFRICA
Penders, Christopher L.; Staatz, John - 2001
Poor child health and nutrition persist throughout West Africa. This research analyzes the impact of key economic … variables, including income, education and background characteristics, on child health and nutrition across nine different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443549