Preliminary research showed how the existing publications approach households' spending habits from a quantitative point of view. Questionnaires and their statistical evaluation by the appropriating software are the most commonly used in the reviewed studies. Analysing a family's overspending in...

While underweight has always been a challenge in developing countries, many poorer countries are today increasingly affected by overweight and obesity. Leading causes for this development are changes in food consumption and lifestyle patterns. Consumption patterns change from traditional diets...