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Agricultural subsidies and global greenhouse gas emissions

Nature Communications, 2021
Agricultural sectors receive US$600 billion per year in government support, providing incentives for GHG emission-intensive production. Here, the authors show that removing this support will not reduce global GHG emissions by much; rather it will need to
David Laborde, Abdullah Mamun, Will Martin, Valeria Piñeiro, Rob Vos   +4 more
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A comparison of the Indian diet with the EAT-Lancet reference diet

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background The 2019 EAT-Lancet Commission report recommends healthy diets that can feed 10 billion people by 2050 from environmentally sustainable food systems. This study compares food consumption patterns in India, from different income groups, regions
Manika Sharma, Avinash Kishore, Devesh Roy, Kuhu Joshi   +3 more
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Intergenerational nutrition benefits of India’s national school feeding program

Nature Communications, 2021
India’s national school feeding program is the largest of its kind in the world, but the long-term program benefits on nutrition are unknown. Here, the authors show intergenerational program benefits, in that women who received free meals in primary ...
Suman Chakrabarti, Samuel P. Scott, Harold Alderman, Purnima Menon, Daniel O. Gilligan   +4 more
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Why do parents use packaged infant foods when starting complementary feeding? Findings from phase one of a longitudinal qualitative study

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background The first 1000 days in a child’s life, from conception to age two, are a critical period for establishing a child’s health and development. One important element is the diet that children receive during this time.
Anna Isaacs, Kimberley Neve, Corinna Hawkes   +2 more
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The impact of integrated prevention and treatment on child malnutrition and health: the PROMIS project, a randomized control trial in Burkina Faso and Mali

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Evidence suggests that both preventive and curative nutrition interventions are needed to tackle child acute malnutrition (AM) in developing countries.
Lieven Huybregts, Elodie Becquey, Amanda Zongrone, Agnes Le Port, Regina Khassanova, Lazare Coulibaly, Jef L. Leroy, Rahul Rawat, Marie T. Ruel   +8 more
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Understanding the role of intersectoral convergence in the delivery of essential maternal and child nutrition interventions in Odisha, India: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background Convergence of sectoral programs is important for scaling up essential maternal and child health and nutrition interventions. In India, these interventions are implemented by two government programs – Integrated Child Development Services ...
Sunny S. Kim, Rasmi Avula, Rajani Ved, Neha Kohli, Kavita Singh, Mara van den Bold, Suneetha Kadiyala, Purnima Menon   +7 more
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Sustaining mobile produce vending in NYC: Evaluating the future of Green Carts

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables is essential for preventing diet-related chronic dis­eases, yet many low-income residents have inade­quate diets because their communities face persis­tent barriers to supplying healthy food.
Katherine Fraser, Rositsa Ilieva, Jacquelyn Sullivan, Julia Greene, Mukta Mohnani, Craig Willingham, Nevin Cohen   +6 more
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Changes in the policy environment for infant and young child feeding in Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia, and the role of targeted advocacy

BMC Public Health, 2017
Background There is limited literature examining shifts in policy environments for nutrition and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) over time, and on the potential contribution of targeted advocacy to improved policy environments in low- and middle ...
Jody Harris, Edward A. Frongillo, Phuong H. Nguyen, Sunny S. Kim, Purnima Menon   +4 more
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How Is COVID-19 Shaping Families’ Relationships With Food and the Food Environment in England? A Qualitative Research Protocol

International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2021
Rates of childhood overweight and obesity continue to rise in England, along with a growing gap in obesity prevalence between children in the most and least deprived areas.
Anna Isaacs, Charlotte Gallagher Squires, Corinna Hawkes   +2 more
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Improving diets and nutrition through an integrated poultry value chain and nutrition intervention (SELEVER) in Burkina Faso: study protocol for a randomized trial

Trials, 2017
Background The SELEVER study is designed to evaluate the impact of an integrated agriculture–nutrition package of interventions (including poultry value chain development, women’s empowerment activities, and a behavior change communications strategy to ...
Aulo Gelli, Elodie Becquey, Rasmane Ganaba, Derek Headey, Melissa Hidrobo, Lieven Huybregts, Hans Verhoef, Romain Kenfack, Sita Zongouri, Hannah Guedenet   +9 more
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