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The rise of aquaculture: The role of fish in global food security
Msangi, Siwa; Batka, Miroslav - In: 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report
Appetite for fish continues to expand around the globe, despite the stagnant levels of capture fish production. What is the role that aquaculture can play in supplying the world with adequate animal protein? What lessons can be drawn from dynamic Asian aquaculture producers that might guide...
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2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); …
This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global,...
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ADVERTISING TO ADOLESCENTS: AN EXAMINATION OF SKEPTICISM
Jackson, Annette Singleton - In: Global Journal of Business Research 5 (2011) 3, pp. 85-91
Various studies have been done to further understand adolescent skepticism, its antecedents and consequences, and the affect of skepticism on the processing of advertising and persuasion attempts among adolescents. Given the substantial purchasing power and advertising dollars currently spent on...
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Una mirada a la violencia física contra los niños y niñas en los hogares peruanos: magnitudes, factores asociados y transmisión de la violencia de madres a hijos e hijas.
Benavides, Martín; León, Juan - Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) - 2013
El maltrato infantil tiene lugar en ámbitos que, supuestamente, tienen la misión de asegurar la protección y afecto de los menores: el hogar o la escuela. Al respecto, la literatura muestra que el tipo de violencia más frecuente es la física, causada por los padres o algún otro miembro del...
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NICE BUT NAUGTHY: TV ADVERTS AND CHOICE OF FOOD AMONG CHILDREN IN SABAH, MALAYSIA
Totu, Andreas; Mohd Yakin, Halina Sendera - International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences - 2014
This study examines the relationships between television (TV) advertising and patterns of food choice among children … recognition of adverts and patterns of food choice among lean, overweight and obese children. This study uses an experimental test …, children seemed likely to choose fast foods after treatment. Further analyses were performed which revealed that media …
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Unhappy Young Australians: a domain approach to explain life satisfaction change in children
Beatton, Tony; Frijters, Paul - School of Economics and Finance, Business School - 2012
children. We find an even steeper happiness decline before the age of 14. Surprisingly, the "environment" domain has no … significant effect on childhood happiness, whilst the children's "school" and "interaction with friends" domains explain over 40 …% of the decline in childhood happiness. The decline in childhood happiness is steepest when the children transition from …
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Determinants of Child Morbidity and Factors Governing Utilisation of Child Health Care: Evidence from Rural India
Chakrabarti, Anindita - eSocialSciences - 2012
health care to cure diarrhoea and certain respiratory illnesses plaguing young children. [Working Paper 63/2012]. URL …
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Child Malnutrition in Pakistan: Trends and Determinants
Arif, G M; Nazir, Saman; Satti, Maryam Naeem; Farooq, … - eSocialSciences - 2012
The major objective of this paper to examine the determinants of child malnutrition, based on the Pakistan Panel Household Survey (PPHS-2010). The study has focused on individual (child), household and community variables to understand differentials in child malnutrition. Child illness, health...
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Developmental pathways through middle childhood : rethinking context and diversity as resources
Cooper, Catherine R. (contributor) - 2005
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Children of the Father King : youth, authority, & legal minority in colonial Lima
Premo, Bianca - 2005
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