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literature, we find no statistically significant impact of breastfeeding on a number of health outcomes, but we see an … improvement in child emotional development and maternal mental health. …
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On-farm production diversity of smallholder farmers can improve the nutrition security of the household. The objective is to determine the significance and relevance of this relationship by considering the different degrees of separability between both the commercial and consumptive production...
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Numerous papers have documented a positive association between height and good physical health and also with good … that the results are quite sensitive to the inclusion of controls reflecting demographics, human capital and health status …
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When traditional methods for measuring economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, heights and BMIs are now well accepted measurements that represent biological conditions during economic development. Weight, after controlling for height, is an alternative measure to BMI for current net...
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We conduct a field experiment in 31 primary schools in England to test the effectiveness of different temporary incentive schemes, an individual based incentive scheme and a competitive scheme, on increasing the choice and consumption of fruit and vegetables at lunchtime. The individual scheme...
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