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hand, a major percentage of aid funds earmarked for poverty alleviation is absorbed in paying high salaries to project …
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find the determinants of participation and targeting efficiency of the following safety net programs in West Bengal: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), self-targeted program; National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), subsidy...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of liberalisations policies on income inequality in African countries. Examining whether the liberalisations policies have affected the income distribution of everyone equally or they only assist those who are already relatively...
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the social and economic disparities across social groups in rural Uttar Pradesh. The paper demonstrates that the structure of the rural economy in India is characterised by deeply ingrained prejudices and social discrimination. The four-village...
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of various personal characteristics, including obesity, smoking cessation, happiness, and loneliness. Those papers also …
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Purpose – This paper aims to argue that the limited success in addressing rising rates of obesity is underscored by … understanding of obesity, including the consideration of “obesogenecity” beyond its relativity to the temporal surroundings of …
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This study examines past patterns and projects future prevalence rates of obesity and severe obesity among US adults …. Trends in body mass index (BMI), overweight (BMI?25), obesity (BMI?30), class 2 obesity (BMI?35), class 3 obesity (BMI?40 …) and class 4 obesity (BMI?45) of 20-74 year olds are obtained using data from the first National Health Examination Survey …
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While the fraction of obese people is not as large in Europe as in the United States, obesity is becoming an important … Health and Retirement Study in the U.S. (HRS), we analyze the correlates of obesity in the population ages 50 and above …, focusing on measures of energy intake and expenditure as well as socio-economic status. We find that obesity rates differ …
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Abstract While child and adolescent obesity is a serious public health concern, few studies have utilized parameters … of child and adolescent obesity is multivariable regression, with the parameter of interest being the coefficient on the …
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journals that point to a possible link between neighborhood design and the level of obesity in such neighborhoods. The main … obesity. Design/methodology/approach – This paper looks at the average body mass index (BMI) of teenage and adult automobile … obesity. Least squares regression is used to analyze the data. Findings – Despite the findings of other papers, for the …
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