From a life-course perspective, we examine how early childhood malnutrition impacts
middle-aged adults' mental health. Using data from the China Health and Retirement …

Purpose The fetal origins hypothesis suggests that a focus on the prenatal period is driven
by evidence that adult health can be shaped during fetal development. From a life-course …

As natural experiments, famines provide a unique opportunity to test the health
consequences of nutritional deprivation during the critical period of early life. Using data on …

This thesis consists of three empirical studies that center around development,
environmental, and health economics. Chapter 2 leverages newly collected individual-level …

We report evidence of long‐term adverse health impacts of fetal malnutrition exposure of
middle‐aged survivors of the 1959–1961 China Famine using data from the China Health …

Using data collected from the 2008 survey of Internal Migration and Health in China, this
study examines the impact of late childhood nutrition intakes on a wide range of indicators of …

Prenatal malnutrition may increase the risk of depressive symptoms in adulthood. This study
investigated the association between prenatal exposure to malnutrition with risk of …

Mothers born around the China Great Leap Forward Famine (famine-born mothers) are
likely to have worse adult outcomes due to a negative relationship between fetal malnutrition …

Purpose: Poverty and hunger are still severe problems faced by the world today, especially
in developing countries. Starvation in childhood usually damaged mental health in later …

This research investigates long-term consequences of early-life malnutrition by examining
effects of the 1959–1961 Chinese Famine. Taking into account temporal and geographic …