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This paper provides non-parametric estimates of the relation between nutrient intake and age for Czechoslovak individuals, as a function of characteristics of both the individual and the household she lives in, on the basis of household purchases. Results show no significant difference between...
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The paper is a documentation of a (non-representative) survey on the food situation of households in the Grodno region …, Belarus. It covers the year between September 2000 and August 2001. The focus of the survey was on the sources of food in the … well balanced diet based on potatoes and vegetables as the main staple food. 75 percent of the households use small land …
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We investigate the impact of increases in wheat flour prices on household food security using unique nationally … distributions of several food security measures. UQR estimates reveal that the negative marginal effect of a price increase on food … consumption is two and a half times larger for households that can afford to cut the value of food consumption (75th quantile …
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develop the agriculture sector and ensure food security and nutrition, have made significant strides toward this goal, albeit …Based on The Economist's 2021 Global Food Security Index (GFSI), the Philippines ranked 64th out of 113 countries in … terms of its four dimensions of food security. After the World War II ended, the world still had to contend with population …
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We use time-series of rainfall along with individual fixed effects to estimate the response of body weight to transitory changes in house-hold income and expenditure. Our data consist of a longitudinal sample of subsistence farmers in rural Tazania, representing one of the poorest populations in...
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taboos for particular foods. One natural question to ask is whether such food cultures matter in an economic sense. In … inter-state migrants within India consume fewer calories per Rupee of food expenditure compared to their non … on culture: that migrants make nutritionally-suboptimal food choices due to cultural preferences for the traditional …
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Much has been written about 19th century African American and white statures and body mass index values. However, little is known about their physical activity and calories required to sustain height and weight. This paper considers two alternative measures for biological conditions that address...
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Organic food markets in developed countries have been rapidly expanding in recent years. Though expected health … benefits are a major motive for buying organic food (OF), the health effects of consuming OF are uncertain. This study uses …
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This paper develops a bio-economic Malthusian growth model. By integrating recent research on allometric scaling, energy consumption, and ontogenetic growth we provide a model where subsistence consumption is endogenously linked to body mass and fertility. The theory admits a two-dimensional...
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On average, child health outcomes are better in urban than in rural areas of developing countries. Understanding the nature and the causes of this rural-urban disparity is essential in contemplating the health consequences of the rapid urbanization taking place throughout the developing world...
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