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"Don't give us an assignment where we have to use spinach!" : food choice and discourse in home and consumer studies
Bohm, Ingela; Lindblom, Cecilia; Åacka, Gun; Hörnell, … - In: International journal of consumer studies 40 (2016) 1, pp. 57-65
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Socio-financial mechanisms of a preventive strategy against pediatric obesity
Ţincu, Iulia Florentina - In: Revista română de economie 40 (2015) 1, pp. 220-233
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Parental unemployment and child health in China
Pieters, Janneke; Rawlings, Samantha - 2016
This paper studies the causal effect of maternal and paternal unemployment on child health in China, analyzing panel data for the period 1997-2004, when the country underwent economic reforms leading to massive layoffs. We find that paternal unemployment reduces child health, while maternal...
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Credit programs for the poor and the nutritional Status of children in rural Bangladesh
Pitt, Mark Martin; Khandker, Shahidur R.; Chowdhury, … - 1998
The impact of group-based credit programs on the nutritional status of children by gender in rural Bangladesh is evaluated. Lacking exclusion restrictions of the usual sort, the effect of credit program participation by gender of participant is identified by imposing a factor structure on the...
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Using agriculture to improve child health : promoting orange sweet potatoes reduces diarrhea
Jones, Kelly; De Brauw, Alan - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 74 (2015), pp. 15-24
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Are urban children really healthier?
Van de Poel, Ellen; O'Donnell, Owen; Van Doorslaer, Eddy - 2007
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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The measurement of food insecurity among children : review of literature and concept note
Fram, Maryah S.; Bernal, Jennifer; Frongillo, Edward A. - 2015
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Maternal age and offspring human capital in India
Pérez-Alvarez, Marcello; Favara, Marta - 2019
Early motherhood remains a widespread phenomenon in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). While the consequences of early motherhood for the mother have been extensively investigated, the impact on their children is severely understudied, especially in LMICs, which host 95% of teen births...
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Toxic effects of lead disposal in water : an analysis of TRI facility releases
Koval, Patrick - 2018
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Water, sanitation and agriculture linkages with health and nutrition improvement
Gerber, Nicolas; Braun, Joachim von; Usman, Muhammed Abdella - 2019
nutrition in particular. Yet, progress in either of these dimensions, particularly among young children (SDG target 2.2 on … management for improved health and nutrition. We focus on rural and peri-urban areas of the developing world, where multi … the trade-offs between specific uses and their implications for health and nutrition, based on the gender and age of …
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