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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012099244
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The effect of bigger human bodies on future global calorie requirements
Depenbusch, Lutz; Klasen, Stephan - 2017
Global food demand will see a rapid increase over the coming decades. Existing studies on future calorie demand consider mainly population growth and rising incomes. We add to the literature by estimating the effect of increases in human weight caused by rising BMI and height on future calorie...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011746123
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The forgotten agriculture-nutrition link : estimating the energy requirements of different farming technologies in rural Zambia
Daum, Thomas; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina - 2019
, agriculture-nutrition linkages have received a lot of attention in recent years. Researchers have analysed the link between the … third agriculture-nutrition link has been largely neglected in recent years: the impact of how food is produced on human … outcomes substantially and that this neglected agriculture-nutrition linkage deserves more scientific and political attention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058287
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Innovations to overcome the increasingly complex problems of hunger
Braun, Joachim von - 2018
food and nutrition security. Innovations for improved market functioning and avoidance of price shocks require information … reduction. More attention to innovative social protection and direct nutrition intervention programs is needed, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821456
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Droughts and malnutrition in Africa
Fingado, Nora; Poelhekke, Steven - 2023
How costly are droughts to individuals' nutrition in Africa? We measure severe droughts using a detailed satellite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014252292
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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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A validation study of transgenerational effects of childhood conditions on the third generation offspring's economic and health outcomes potentially driven by epigenetic imprinting
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Pinger, Pia - 2014
At the crossroads of economics and human biology, this paper examines the extent to which pre-puberty nutritional conditions in one generation affect productivity-related outcomes in later generations. Recent studies have found a negative association between conditions at ages 8-12 and the...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011497178
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The dietary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
O'Connell, Martin; Smith, Kate; Stroud, Rebekah - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant changes in where people work, eat and socialise. We use novel data on the food and non-alcoholic drink purchases from stores, takeaways, restaurants and other outlets to quantify the impact of the pandemic on the diets of a large, representative panel...
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Parental education, gender preferences and child nutritional status : evidence from four developing countries
Novella, Rafael - 2013 - This version: March 2013
This paper examines whether the distribution of bargaining power between parents affects permanent and transitory nutritional indicators in the early stages of boys' and girls' life. I use the Young Lives sample, which is a survey of young children living in poor households in Ethiopia, India...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009741254