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In this paper we reassess the food consumption and dietary impact of the regimes of food and food price control and … eventually, food rationing, that were introduced in Britain during the First World War. At the end of the War the Sumner … workers' households. We also find that the price controls were particularly effective in changing the pattern of food spending …
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In order to explain the growth of obesity in industrialized and transition economies, a behavioral approach to food … intake and overconsumption of calories is presented. It is argued that changes in food consumption patterns are one of the … main drivers behind the imbalance of calories consumed and calories spent. The inclusion of new types of food in the …
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underpin a survey estimate. This study leverages a recent randomized food consumption survey experiment in Tanzania to shed … household food consumption. …
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Maternal sugar consumption in utero may have a variety of effects on offspring. We exploit the abolishment of the rationing of sweet confectionery in the UK on April 24, 1949, and its subsequent reintroduction some months later, in an era of otherwise uninterrupted rationing of confectionery...
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This study investigates the short-term impacts of an aggregate socioeconomic shock on household food consumption and … children's nutrition using the case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. In response to the economic downturn, households … are expected to adjust their food choices both in terms of quality, towards cheaper and unhealthier food, and quantity …
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Maternal sugar consumption in utero may have a variety of effects on offspring. We exploit the abolishment of the rationing of sweet confectionery in the UK on April 24, 1949, and its subsequent reintroduction some months later, in an era of otherwise uninterrupted rationing of confectionery...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480386
Maternal sugar consumption in utero may have a variety of effects on offspring. We exploit the abolishment of the rationing of sweet confectionery in the UK on April 24, 1949, and its subsequent reintroduction some months later, in an era of otherwise uninterrupted rationing of confectionery...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540893
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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Stunting Reduction in Indonesia 2021- 2024 (RAN-PASTI), and National Action Plan for Food and Nutrition 2020-2024 (RAN …-PG). Targets and activities in these documents reflect the multidimensional nature of food and nutrition issues, but overlook the … to reduce the stunting rate and prevalence. Unfortunately, the Desirable Dietary Pattern (DDP) score and food supply …
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The concept of Food security cannot be considered under the context of a single country or even an entire region. This … food security issues, especially in the developing countries, where this problem more or less exists. Agriculture … represents a significant segment of the secure food for domestic consumption or export trade relies on uniform food policies and …
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