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Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundFew studies have reported the association of early life exposure to famine with the risk of heart failure. The current study aimed to investigate whether exposure to famine in early life is associated with a higher risk of hospitalization for ...
Chao-lei Chen +3 more
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Hunger Habitus: State, Society, and Starvation in Twentieth-Century Bengal
East/West: Journal of Ukrainian Studies, 2021 This article offers a brief summary of the complex factors leading to the famine in Bengal in the 1940s and discusses its longer-term impacts—the afterlife, so to speak—of famine. This episode of starvation claimed as many as five million lives in Bengal,
Janam Mukherjee
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Reporting Distant Suffering: Photographic Representation of Famine in Turkish Newspapers
Connectist Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, 2022 Famine is a serious problem that causes millions of people to suffer globally. During the 20th century, over 70 million people died due to famine while millions more had to endure the adverse conditions created by it.
Tuğba Taş, Burcu Sümer, Oğuzhan Taş
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022 Although there has been increasing recognition that famine exposure in the fetal stage damages liver function in adulthood, this deteriorated effect could be extended to the next generation remains vague.
Shiwei Yan +5 more
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Famine is a risk factor for non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs), which account for over 80% of deaths in China. The effect of famine on the prevalence of NCDs in terms of various age groups, time periods and cohorts is currently poorly ...
Xiaoxue He +7 more
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Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, 2022 Background Patients with metabolic syndrome (MS) have a higher incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the possible mechanisms are not fully understood and further exploration of the possible factors influencing the high incidence of CVD in ...
Zhe Shu +9 more
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Thyroid Function at Age Fifty After Prenatal Famine Exposure in the Dutch Famine Birth Cohort
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 BackgroundEarly-life exposures during gestation may permanently alter thyroid physiology and health in adulthood. We investigated whether exposure to the Dutch Famine (1944-1945) in late, mid, or early gestation influences thyroid function (i.e ...
Sarai M. Keestra +13 more
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Journal of Diabetes Research, 2020 Background. Emerging studies have explored the association between the famine exposure during early life and the risk of the metabolic syndrome, and the results remain controversial. This meta-analysis was performed to summarize the famine effects on the
Lu-Lu Qin +4 more
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BMC Women's Health, 2023 Background Epidemiological studies have revealed multiple risk factors for metabolic syndrome. However, there are no consistent findings on the association between famine exposure, age at menarche, and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome.
Congzhi Wang +8 more
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The Feminization of Famine by Margaret Kelleher. The Author's Response to Maureen Murphy’s Article.
ABEI Journal, 1999 My study, The Feminization of Famine, was published in 1997 and thus became part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Great Insh Famine (1845-1851).
Margaret Kelleher
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