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Sociology of food and nutrition, a path towards fighting chronic diseases and social inequalities in health

, 2022
Face à la croissante prévalence des maladies chroniques (phénomène aussi appelé « transition épidémiologique »), notre santé est intrinsèquement liée à notre relation avec l’environnement. Elle ne dépend plus seulement de soins, mais aussi et surtout de sa prévention.
Lebredonchel, Louis, Lemarchand, Frédérick, Fardet, Anthony   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Turning Down Mum's Cooking: The Ethics of Dietary Difference within Families

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although food ethicists have called for greater attention to the relational context of eating for over a decade, the context of ‘eating with family’ remains largely ignored. But the family is both a morally specific relational context and one within which many people do most of their eating.
Megan A. Dean
wiley   +1 more source

Examining New Donors in the OECD's Development Assistance Committee

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do emerging donors integrate into the existing international aid architecture? While the existing literature focuses largely on emerging donors from the Global South, such as Brazil, China, India and Russia, there are many emerging donors from the Global North that have joined the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC)—the premier ...
Nicolas Bau, Simone Dietrich, Katharina Fleiner, Alice Iannantuoni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in life expectancy across selected countries in the Western Pacific Region and their underlying risk factors, 1990–2021

BMC Public Health
Background In accordance with the global trend, over the past decades, countries in the Western Pacific Region (WPR) have also experienced substantial improvement in life expectancy.
Yan Zheng, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Paul S.F. Yip, Isaac Sasson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Staying in place during times of change in Arctic Alaska: The implications of attachment,alternatives, and buffering [PDF]

, 2017
The relationship between stability and change in social-ecological systems has received considerable attention in recent years, including the expectation that significant environmental changes will drive observable consequences for individuals ...
Gannon, Glenna, Gearheard, Shari Fox, Gerlach, S. Craig, Hamilton, Lawrence C., Huntington, Henry P., Loring, Philip A.   +5 more
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The Impact of Vision Problems on Households' Incomes: Evidence From the 2019 and 2022 Rounds of the Turkey Health Survey

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vision problems reduce individuals' quality of life, and they also reduce their productivity as workers and consequently decrease their incomes. Most vision problems can be corrected with properly fitted eyeglasses, but many people with vision problems do not have such eyeglasses.
Paul Glewwe, Hasan Gul, Aysit Tansel, Suzanne Wisniewski   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging the Gap: A Sociological Review of Agricultural Development Strategies for Food Security and Nutrition

International Journal of Applied Research in Social Sciences
This sociological review examines agricultural development strategies for enhancing food security and nutrition through the lens of social dynamics. Agricultural development, while primarily associated with economic and technological advancements, is equally shaped by sociocultural factors that impact food production, distribution, and consumption ...
null Adebimpe Oluwabukade Adefila, null Oluwatosin Omotola Ajayi, null Adekunle Stephen Toromade, null Ngodoo Joy Sam-Bulya   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

The Economic Cost of Domestic Hunger: Estimated Annual Burden to the United States [PDF]

, 2007
Examines the extent of domestic hunger and estimates the cost burden of food insecurity to the nation, including the costs of charity to help feed families, mental health and physical illnesses, and impaired educational outcomes and economic ...
Donald Shepard, J. Larry Brown, John Orwat, Timothy Martin   +3 more
core  

Does Mobile Money Adoption Improve Dietary Quality? Assessing Household and Individual Level Impacts in Cameroon

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mobile money—a digital financial service—has proliferated in many developing countries. Owing to its ability to reduce transaction costs and allow even the poor to be financially included, it has been widely adopted. While a growing body of literature has examined its welfare effects, its effects on diet quality of households and individuals ...
Francis E. Ndip, Perez L. Kemeni Kambiet   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental and temporal factors affecting record white‐tailed deer antler characteristics in Ontario, Canada

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Antler characteristics are influenced by a combination of genetics, age, and environmental factors, notably habitat quality and resource availability. In this study, we explored how diverse environmental factors, including climate and land cover composition, affect antler size, tine configuration, and the distribution of record‐scoring white‐tailed ...
Brooklyn S. Cars, Joseph M. Northrup, Keith Beasley, Paul Beasley, Kevin Beasley, Aaron B. A. Shafer   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source