Nutrition and Poverty

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ISBN: 9780198283966 | 0198283962
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 5/27/1993

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This work addresses issues arising from the definition and measurement of poverty in terms of nutritional status. A range of issues are covered, focusing on the differing views and perceptions of the related questions of assessing poverty and nutritional status. Possible definitions of a reference standard are discussed as well as energy deprivation, anthropometric measurement, and gender bias.

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Wider	p. ii
List Of Contributors	p. vi
Preface	p. vii
List Of Figures	p. xii
List Of Tables	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Undernutrition: Measurement and Implications	p. 17
Introduction	p. 17
Summary And Conclusions	p. 45
Introduction	p. 49
Assessing Undernutrition: The Need for a Reconceptualization	p. 49
Summary And Conclusions	p. 92
Introduction	p. 97
Undernutrition: Concepts, Measurements, and Policy Implications	p. 97
Summary And Conclusions	p. 120
On Some Controversies in the Measurement of Undernutrition	p. 121
Introduction	p. 121
Summary And Conclusions	p. 158
Appedix: Deducing Autocorrelation In The Calorie Intake Of A Reference- Type Person	p. 161
Introduction	p. 165
Measuring Undernutrition with Variable Calorie Requirements	p. 165
Summary And Conclusions	p. 184
Introduction	p. 187
Issues in the Measurement of Undernutrition	p. 187
Conclusions	p. 214
Appedix	p. 215
Anthropometric Measures of Nutritional Status in Industrialized Societies: Europe and North America Since 1750	p. 219
Introduction	p. 219
Conclusions	p. 240
Second Thoughts on the European Escape from Hunger: Famines, Chronic Malnutrition, and Mortality Rates	p. 243
Conclusions	p. 279
Appedix	p. 281
Intra-Household Allocation of Nutrients and Gender Effects: A Survey of Structural and Reduced-Form Estimates	p. 287
Introduction	p. 287
Conclusions	p. 317
References	p. 321
Index Of Names	p. 357
Subject Index	p. 363
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