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The lasting effects of maternal net nutrition during US economic development
Carson, Scott Alan - 2016
When traditional measures for economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, stature and the body mass index (BMI) are now widely-accepted measures that reflect economic conditions. However, little work exists for late 19th and early 20th century women's BMIs in the US and how they varied with...
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Body mass, nutrition, and disease : current net nutrition during US economic development
Carson, Scott Alan - 2020
the physical environment. This study evaluates 19th century macro-level nutrition and diseases associated with US BMI … effect on net-nutrition than cholera. After controlling for nutrition and disease, black BMIs and weights were greater than …
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Food and nutrition security in transforming Ghana : a descriptive analysis of national trends and regional patterns
Ecker, Olivier; Van Asselt, Joanna - 2017
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Essays on transaction costs and food diversity in developing countries
Steffen, Christoph - 2017
This thesis addresses 3 different aspects of food and poverty related problems in developing countries. The first essay presents a new operational concept of transaction costs that firstly allows assessing the magnitude and secondly recognizing the non homogeneity of food products. This is...
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Economic Development, the Nutrition Trap and Metabolic Disease
Luke, Nancy; Munshi, Kaivan; Oommen, Anu; Singh, Swapnil - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
nutrition trap (but are not necessarily overweight) are at increased risk of metabolic disease. The model and the underlying …
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Stunting and wasting in a growing economy : biological living standards in Portugal, 1924-1994
Cermeño, Alexandra L.; Palma, Nuno; Pistola, Renato - 2021
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Stunting and wasting in a growing economy : biological living standards in Portugal, 1924-1994
Cermeño, Alexandra L.; Palma, Nuno; Pistola, Renato - 2021
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Determinants of child development in India
Grafenstein, Liza von - 2021
Um Armut zu bekämpfen, muss die menschliche Entwicklung gestärkt werden. Allerdings werden heute 250 Millionen Kinder … erreichen. Um Hindernisse für eine optimale menschliche Entwicklung zu beseitigen, untersucht diese Dissertation die Wirkung von … Determinanten kindlicher Entwicklung auf der Ebene des Kindes, der Eltern, der Schule oder des Landes. Der erste Aufsatz stellt die …
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The central position of agriculture within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Omilola, Babatunde; Robele, Sophia - 2017
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