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The measurement of food insecurity among children : review of literature and concept note

Fram, Maryah S.; Bernal, Jennifer; Frongillo, Edward A. - 2015

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Socioeconomic inequalities in child malnutrition in the developing world

Wagstaff, Adam - 2000

Despite the development community's shift in emphasis toward the poor, malnutrition, like other dimensions of poor health, is concentrated among the worst off. Yet targets are still defined in terms of population averages. Consider, then, this information about malnutrition rates among different...

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Fetal origins, childhood development, and famine : a bibliography and literature review

Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2011

The human costs of famines outlast the famines themselves. An increasing body of research points to their adverse long-run consequences for those born or in utero during them. This paper offers an introduction to the burgeoning literature on fetal origins and famine through a review of research...

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Undernutrition and the nutrition transition : revising the undernutrition aspect of MDG I

Misselhorn, Mark - 2010

against undernutrition will be tracked by using this new standard. The use of the new reference standard will result in clear … changes in the prevalence and composition of undernutrition. This paper argues that this opportunity should be used to use … those measures that does not coincide with real improvements in the health of the affected children. This bias could lead to …

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