Nutrition, Other Environmental Influences, and Genetics in the Determination of Human Stature

JC Lui, AC Palmer, P Christian - Annual Review of Nutrition, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Linear growth during three distinct stages of life determines attained stature in adulthood:
namely, in utero, early postnatal life, and puberty and the adolescent period. Individual host …

Structural transformation, agriculture, climate, and the environment

CB Barrett, A Ortiz-Bobea… - Review of Environmental …, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
This paper reviews the feedback between structural transformation and agriculture, on the
one hand, and climate and the natural environment, on the other. The long-standing …

Temperature anomalies undermine the health of reproductive-age women in low-and middle-income countries

C Gray, BC Thiede - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Climate change is expected to undermine population health and well-being in low-and
middle-income countries, but relatively few analyses have directly examined these effects …

The effect of extreme weather events on child nutrition and health

EI Amondo, E Nshakira-Rukundo, A Mirzabaev - Food Security, 2023 - Springer
This study traces the causal effects of extreme weather events on nutritional and health
outcomes among rural children in Uganda using four waves of individual child survey data …

Climate changes affect human capital

G Caruso, I de Marcos, I Noy - Economics of Disasters and Climate …, 2024 - Springer
Climate change severely impacts critical facets of human capital across the life cycle. This is
particularly alarming as both the frequency and intensity of extreme weather shocks …

The effects of exposure to high temperatures during pregnancy on adolescent mental health: Evidence from China

H Ai, X Tan - China Economic Review, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper provides the first study to explore the relationship between exposure to ambient
temperatures during pregnancy and adolescent mental health in China. The results show …

Spatial machine learning for exploring the variability in low height‐for‐age from socioeconomic, agroecological, and climate features in the Northern Province of …

G Nduwayezu, C Kagoyire, P Zhao, L Eklund… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Childhood stunting is a serious public health concern in Rwanda. Although stunting causes
have been documented, we still lack a more in‐depth understanding of their local factors at …

The impact of early-life exposure to high temperatures on child development: evidence from China

H Ai, X Tan - Population and Environment, 2024 - Springer
Child stunting, closely linked with economic loss in adulthood, is largely irreversible and
mainly occurs in poor countries. We estimate the impact of in utero exposure to high …

Effect of heat stress in the first 1000 days of life on fetal and infant growth: a secondary analysis of the ENID randomised controlled trial

A Bonell, AM Vicedo-Cabrera, G Moirano… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background The intersecting crises of climate change, food insecurity, and undernutrition
disproportionately affect children. Understanding the effect of heat on growth from …

[HTML][HTML] Ocean salinity, early-life health, and adaptation

A Guimbeau, XJ Ji, Z Long, N Menon - Journal of Environmental Economics …, 2024 - Elsevier
We study the effects of in utero exposure to climate change induced high ocean salinity
levels on children's anthropometric outcomes. Leveraging six geo-referenced waves of the …