Nutrition sensitive value chains: Theory, progress, and open questions

S Allen, A De Brauw - Global Food Security, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The second Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) challenges the world to achieve
food security and improve nutrition by 2030 but food insecurity and micronutrient …

Heterogeneous effects of obesity on life expectancy: a global perspective

S Bansal, Y Jin - Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Based on an extensive literature review and publicly available data, this article provides
insights into the differences in prevalence, sociodemographics, contributing factors …

A New Wave of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes: Are They Meeting Policy Goals and Can We Do Better?

K Kiesel, H Lang, RJ Sexton - Annual Review of Resource …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Little progress has been made in reducing deaths from chronic noncommunicable diseases
associated with being overweight or obese worldwide, prompting the World Health …

Income variability, evolving diets, and elasticity estimation of demand for processed foods in Nigeria

A De Brauw, S Herskowitz - American journal of agricultural …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We present evidence on evolving dietary patterns in Nigeria using six rounds of household
consumption data from the Nigerian General Household Survey panel between 2011 and …

[HTML][HTML] Taxing highly processed foods: What could be the impacts on obesity and underweight in sub-Saharan Africa?

O Boysen, K Boysen-Urban, H Bradford, J Balié - World development, 2019 - Elsevier
The consumption of highly processed food has been singled out as one of the factors
responsible for the rapidly increasing prevalence of obesity and its associated non …

The changing dietary patterns and health issues in China

M Yuan, JL Seale Jr, T Wahl, J Bai - China Agricultural Economic …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer an overview of dietary transition patterns and a
discussion of the food-related health issues in China. Design/methodology/approach The …

Designing nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) interventions with multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA): a review

AA Mayorga-Martínez, C Kucha, E Kwofie… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the efforts to end malnutrition through intensive agriculture of caloric crops,
micronutrient deficiencies and other forms of malnutrition persist in vulnerable communities …

Public health shocks, learning and diet improvement

Y Gao, RA Lopez, R Liao, X Liu - Food policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Many governments aim to mitigate health risks by attacking nutritional failures. In this article,
we exploit a unique natural experiment, the COVID-19 pandemic as an exogenous public …

A novel macroeconomic modelling assessment of food loss and waste in the EU: An application to the sustainable development goal of halving household food waste

H Bartelings, G Philippidis - Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2024 - Elsevier
As part of a package of measures to alleviate pressures on our planetary boundaries, the
European Union farm-to-fork strategy adopts target 12.3 of the sustainable development …

Higher body mass index and body fat percentage correlate to lower joint and functional strength in working age adults

BD Bulbrook, NJ La Delfa, AC McDonald, C Liang… - Applied Ergonomics, 2021 - Elsevier
As the prevalence of obesity grows worldwide, it becomes an increasing concern in working
populations. Ergonomists are faced with the challenge of accommodating workplace layouts …