In this paper, we investigate the effects of trade in foods on obesity in Mexico. To do so, we match data on Mexican … food imports from the U.S. with anthropometric and food expenditure data. Our findings suggest that exposure to food … 2012. Pro-obesity effects are driven by areas more exposed to unhealthy food imports. We also find evidence in favour of a …

Through a review of the literature, this paper examines the links of food and agriculture with nutrition in South Asia …. Several supply-side food and agricultural interventions suggest promise in improving nutrition, although their effects have …, a region characterized by a high level of malnutrition. The review finds that the level and stability of food prices …

develop the agriculture sector and ensure food security and nutrition, have made significant strides toward this goal, albeit …Based on The Economist's 2021 Global Food Security Index (GFSI), the Philippines ranked 64th out of 113 countries in … terms of its four dimensions of food security. After the World War II ended, the world still had to contend with population …

This paper investigates the role of food self-provisioning for the intake of macro- and micronutrients of households in … Mongolia. Our analysis is based on rich household survey data that collected food consumption through consumption diaries. We … analyze nutritional outcomes within and across the three prevalent Mongolian livelihoods that derive food from different …

This thesis addresses 3 different aspects of food and poverty related problems in developing countries. The first essay … the non homogeneity of food products. This is realized by providing an estimate of the value of the good by means of a … hedonic food price model. A model is proposed that decomposes unit values into spatial price factors and a value component …