Climate change and obesity are two major concerns for policy makers globally, but can
climate change be a driver of obesity? This is what our analysis tries to establish. To this …

Using a panel data set of Indian states between 1983–1984 and 2011–2012, this paper
studies the impact of public health expenditure on the infant mortality rate (IMR), after …

Climate action to achieve the Paris Agreement should respect the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals. Here, we use an integrated assessment modelling …

What constitutes an enabling environment for nutrition advocacy in low-and middle-income
countries? While a sizeable body of scholarship considers the enabling environment for …

This study examines the long-term inequality in body mass index (BMI) based on
convergence tests applied to a database of 172 countries recently published by the NCD …

This chapter provides an ex-ante, quantitative assessment of the synergies and trade-offs
between the implementation of the Paris Agreement and sustainable development. It …

The literature argues that intense political competition may resultin a nation's potential for
increased welfare. We theoretically andempirically examine this proposition by linking …

Increasing overweight and obesity rates have accompanied economic development in
recent years. This twofold health issue has become increasingly worrisome and is currently …

Background: Addressing childhood obesity is challenging due to its complexity. There has
been an increasing demand for using a systems approach to tackling complex public health …

This three-paper dissertation examines the social determinants of early childhood and in-
utero health. The first chapter examines the impact of early childhood stunting on …