Arbeitspapier
The nutrition transition and indicators of child malnutrition
We analyze how the nutrition transition affects child malnutrition in developing countries. It is often assumed that the nutrition transition affects child weight but not child growth, which could be one reason why child underweight decreases faster than child stunting. But these effects have hardly been analyzed empirically. Our cross-country panel regressions show that the nutrition transition reduces child underweight, while no consistent effect on child overweight is found. Against common views, our results also suggest that the nutrition transition reduces child stunting. Further research is required to confirm these findings.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: GlobalFood Discussion Papers ; No. 53
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Health and Economic Development
Economic Development: General
Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
- Thema
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nutrition transition
malnutrition
stunting
underweight
obesity
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Kimenju, Simon C.
Qaim, Matin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Research Training Group (RTG) 1666 - GlobalFood
- (wo)
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Göttingen
- (wann)
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2014
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:25 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Kimenju, Simon C.
- Qaim, Matin
- Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Research Training Group (RTG) 1666 - GlobalFood
Entstanden
- 2014
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