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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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Secular trend of non-communicable chronic disease prevalence throughout the life span who endured Chinese Great Famine (1959–1961)

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, Xiaojuan Shi, Degong Pan, Huihui Wang, Xue Zhang, Lining Pu, Mingxiu Luo, Jiangping Li   +7 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, Sarai M. Keestra, Sarai M. Keestra, Sarai M. Keestra, Irina Motoc, Irina Motoc, Anita C.J. Ravelli, Anita C.J. Ravelli, Anita C.J. Ravelli, Tessa J. Roseboom, Tessa J. Roseboom, Tessa J. Roseboom, Martijn J.J. Finken, Martijn J.J. Finken   +13 more
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Effects of fetal famine exposure on the cardiovascular disease risk in the metabolic syndrome individuals

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, Xiong Ding, Qing Yue, XiaoXu Ma, MinHong Liu, YunTao Wu, Peng Yang, Ying Wu, Yun Li, Shouling Wu   +9 more
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Effect of Exposure to Famine during Early Life on Risk of Metabolic Syndrome in Adulthood: A Meta-Analysis

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, Bang-An Luo, Fan Gao, Xiang-Lin Feng, Jia-He Liu   +4 more
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Famines Past, Famine's Future [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
ABSTRACTFamine, like poverty, has always been with us. No region and no century has been immune. Its scars — economic, psychological and political — can long outlast its immediate impact on mortality and health. Famines are a hallmark of economic backwardness, and were thus more likely to occur in the pre‐industrialized past.
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CEOs' early-life disaster experience and corporate earnings quality: Focusing on the Great Chinese Famine

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
This paper aims to examine the impact of CEOs' early-life disaster experiences on corporate earnings quality. We proxy the disaster experience with whether CEOs lived through the Great Chinese Famine and the famine intensity they experienced. The results
Yang Zhao, Jun Hu, Lang Liu
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How does early-life famine experience influence household energy transition?

Heliyon, 2023
The transition of households towards cleaner energy is crucial for achieving sustainable development goals. However, the impacts and associated mechanisms of early-life experiences on household energy transition have not been considered.
Feiran Wang, Tianyu Wei, Shulei Cheng, Lu Zhuang, Shuqin Lan   +4 more
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Separate and combined effects of famine exposure and menarche age on metabolic syndrome among the elderly: a cross-sectional study in China

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, Jiazhi Wang, Rui Wan, Ting Yuan, Liu Yang, Dongmei Zhang, Xiaoping Li, Haiyang Liu, Lin Zhang   +8 more
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Cohort profile: the Dutch famine birth cohort (DFBC)— a prospective birth cohort study in the Netherlands

BMJ Open, 2021
Purpose The Dutch famine birth cohort study was set up to investigate the effects of acute maternal undernutrition of the 1944–1945 Dutch famine during the specific stages of gestation on later health, with a particular focus on chronic cardiovascular ...
Rebecca C Painter, Tessa J Roseboom, Laura S Bleker, Susanne R de Rooij, Anita CJ Ravelli   +4 more
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