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Recent evidence highlights a concerning increase in fast food consumption among university students. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and determinants of fast food consumption among medical sciences students in Kermanshah, Iran.
Maryam Janatolmakan +4 more
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Interview with Dr. Tshilidzi Ratshitanga (South Africa). Decolonizing Spatial Development in Africa [PDF]
Tshilidzi Ratshitanga is a Mitchell Fellow and PhD graduate of the School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Delaware, United States of America.
Tshilidzi Ratshitanga
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European Union Social Policy as an Instrument for Sustainable Development [PDF]
This paper undertakes an analysis and assessment of European Union (EU) social policy in the context of the sustainability of the group's social and economic development. The process of Europeanizing EU social policy is not advanced.
Witkowska Janina
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Explaining the Sustainability Dilemma in Rural Communities of Iran (Case Study: Lavasan-e Bozorg Village, Lavasanat District) [PDF]
Sustainable development in Iran's rural areas faces significant challenges, including rural-to-urban migration and influx of new, non-productive residents; agricultural mismanagement and land-use change; environmental degradation resulting from ...
Moosa Anbari, Marjan Khaksari Renani
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Introduction: Previous research suggests children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD or “autism”) born extremely and very preterm face substantially delayed development than their peers born full-term.
Jenny Luu +6 more
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This chapter describes new theories, concepts, and methods that are being brought to bear on the central questions of social development, and it highlights the unprecedented interdisciplinary nature of current research in social development. Topics include the foundations of “social-ness” and its role in making humans unique; new findings on gene ...
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Fighting Poverty and Hunger - What role for urban agriculture? [PDF]
Towns and cities are growing rapidly in developing countries. This process is often accompanied by high levels of poverty and hunger, leading many urban dwellers to engage in farming activities to help satisfy their food needs.
FAO Economic and Social Development Department
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Ecological Social Development Model of Health Behavior of Conduct Achievement MDGs 5 [PDF]
Behavior of pregnant women who support the achievement of MDG 5 has not been fully achieved, one antenatal visit, shows there are still pregnant women who do not perform pregnancy tests regularly.
As’ari, H. (Hasyim) +5 more
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Making the Food Aid Convention meet the realities of the 21st century [PDF]
Emergency situations have become increasingly frequent over the past 25 years, often coupled with acute and chronic food insecurity in the affected countries.
FAO Economic and Social Development Department
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Social Capital and Development. [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to reflect, from an economist's point of view, on the methodological issues raised by the study of social capital. This term has been used in many different ways to cover a broad range of phenomena (Durlauf & Fafchamps 2002). Perhaps it is best seen as a way of federating research programs in various social sciences, If
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