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The Dutch Hunger Winter (1944/45) is the most-studied famine in the literature on long-run effects of malnutrition in utero. Its temporal and spatial demarcations are clear, it was severe, it was not anticipated, and nutritional conditions in society were favorable and stable before and after...
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Near Term) to examine the projected health and economic status of Baby Boomers and their parents during retirement. Our … projections indicate that boomers will enjoy higher levels of economic well-being and health than their parents, yet the … three times faster at the 90th percentile than at the 10th percentile. Health problems are concentrated among persons of …
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This chapter summarizes the results of 11 studies that were conducted on the relationship between health and attitude …
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Background: Nutrition in utero and infancy may causally affect health and mortality at old ages. Until now, very few …
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There are growing concerns about the impact of pollution on maternal and infant health. In the UK in 2018, 36% of local … authorities had levels of PM2.5 where exposure exceeded the annual level recommended by the World Health Organisation at the time … pollution remains an urgent public health priority, our results imply that improvements in short-run levels of prenatal PM2 …
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health care services. The program changed the allocation of time for community health workers, asking them to carry out early … quality and no impact on child development nor on children's health status. Our results point to the importance of workload …
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Background: The trend in the BMI values of the US population has not been estimated accurately because time series data are unavailable and because the focus has been on calculating period effects. Object: To estimate the trend and rate of change of BMI values by birth cohorts stratified by...
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decreases, and the two have different implications for human health. An alternative measure for net current biological …
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When traditional methods for measuring economic welfare are scarce or unreliable, heights and BMIs are now well accepted measurements that represent biological conditions during economic development. Weight, after controlling for height, is an alternative measure to BMI for current net...
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Ebola and plague share several characteristics, even though the second and third plague epidemics dwarfed the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak in terms of mortality. This essay reviews the mortality due to the two diseases and their lethality; the spatial and socioeconomic dimensions of plague mortality;...
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