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What underlies inadequate and unequal fruit and vegetable consumption in India? An exploratory analysis (2019)
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Choudhury, S., Shankar, B., Aleksandrowicz, L., Tak, M., Green, R., Harris, F., Scheelbeek, P., & Dangour, A. D. (2020). What underlies inadequate and unequal fruit and vegetable consumption in India? An exploratory analysis. Global Food Security, 24, Article 100332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2019.100332

Adequate consumption of fruit and vegetables is key to improved diet-related health in India. We analyse fruit and vegetable consumption in the Indian population using National Sample Survey data. A series of regressions is estimated to characterise... Read More about What underlies inadequate and unequal fruit and vegetable consumption in India? An exploratory analysis.

Evidence on the magnitude of the economic, health and population effects of palm cooking oil consumption: an integrated modelling approach with Thailand as a case study (2019)
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Keogh-Brown, M. R., Jensen, H. T., Basu, S., Aekplakorn, W., Cuevas, S., Dangour, A. D., Gheewala, S. H., Green, R., Joy, E. J., Rojroongwasinkul, N., Thaiprasert, N., Shankar, B., & Smith, R. D. (in press). Evidence on the magnitude of the economic, health and population effects of palm cooking oil consumption: an integrated modelling approach with Thailand as a case study. Population Health Metrics, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-019-0191-y

BACKGROUND:
Palm oil’s high yields, consequent low cost and highly versatile properties as a cooking oil and food ingredient have resulted in its thorough infiltration of the food sector in some countries. Longitudinal studies have associated palm... Read More about Evidence on the magnitude of the economic, health and population effects of palm cooking oil consumption: an integrated modelling approach with Thailand as a case study.

Analysing the Policy Space for the Promotion of Healthy Sustainable Edible Oils in India (2019)
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Cuevas, S., Downs, S., Ghosh-Jerath, S., Aafrin, A., & Shankar, B. (in press). Analysing the Policy Space for the Promotion of Healthy Sustainable Edible Oils in India. Public Health Nutrition, 22(18), 3435-3446. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980019001836

OBJECTIVE:
To identify opportunities and challenges for the promotion of healthy, sustainable oil consumption in India.

// DESIGN:
We use a framework for policy space analysis which distinguishes between policy context, process and characterist... Read More about Analysing the Policy Space for the Promotion of Healthy Sustainable Edible Oils in India.

Buy or make? Agricultural production diversity, markets and dietary diversity in Afghanistan (2019)
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Zanello, G., Shankar, B., & Poole, N. (in press). Buy or make? Agricultural production diversity, markets and dietary diversity in Afghanistan. Food Policy, 87, Article 101731. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2019.101731

Increasing on-farm production diversity and improving markets are recognized as ways to improve the dietary diversity of smallholders. Using instrumental variable methods to account for endogeneity, we study the interplay of production diversity, mar... Read More about Buy or make? Agricultural production diversity, markets and dietary diversity in Afghanistan.

Dietary Transition in India: Temporal and Regional Trends, 1993 to 2012 (2019)
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Tak, M., Shankar, B., & Kadiyala, S. (in press). Dietary Transition in India: Temporal and Regional Trends, 1993 to 2012. Food and nutrition bulletin (Tokyo. Print), 40(2), 254-270. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572119833856

BACKGROUND:
Rapid economic growth, urbanization, and globalization have resulted in dietary transformation in India. Triple burden of malnutrition remains a significant concern, with high prevalence of undernutrition, widespread micronutrient defici... Read More about Dietary Transition in India: Temporal and Regional Trends, 1993 to 2012.

International trade, dietary change, and cardiovascular disease health outcomes: Import tariff reform using an integrated macroeconomic, environmental and health modelling framework for Thailand (2019)
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Jensen, H. T., Keogh-Brown, M. R., Shankar, B., Aekplakorn, W., Basu, S., Cuevas, S., Dangour, A. D., Gheewala, S. H., Green, R., Joy, E. J., Rojroongwasinkul, N., Thaiprasert, N., & Smith, R. D. (2019). International trade, dietary change, and cardiovascular disease health outcomes: Import tariff reform using an integrated macroeconomic, environmental and health modelling framework for Thailand. SSM - Population Health, 9, Article 100435. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100435

United Nations (UN) member states have, since 2011, worked to address the emerging global NCD crisis, but progress has, so far, been insufficient. Food trade policy is recognised to have the potential to impact certain major diet-related health and e... Read More about International trade, dietary change, and cardiovascular disease health outcomes: Import tariff reform using an integrated macroeconomic, environmental and health modelling framework for Thailand.

Palm oil and dietary change: Application of an integrated macroeconomic, environmental, demographic, and health modelling framework for Thailand (2019)
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Jensen, H. T., Keogh-Brown, M. R., Shankar, B., Aekplakorn, W., Basu, S., Cuevas, S., Dangour, A. D., Gheewala, S. H., Green, R., Joy, E. J., Rojroongwasinkul, N., Thaiprasert, N., & Smith, R. D. (2019). Palm oil and dietary change: Application of an integrated macroeconomic, environmental, demographic, and health modelling framework for Thailand. Food Policy, 83, 92-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.12.003

Palm oil is a cooking oil and food ingredient in widespread use in the global food system. However, as a highly saturated fat, palm oil consumption has been associated with negative effects on cardiovascular health, while large scale oil palm product... Read More about Palm oil and dietary change: Application of an integrated macroeconomic, environmental, demographic, and health modelling framework for Thailand.

Agricultural inputs and nutrition in South Asia (2018)
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Shankar, B., Poole, N., & Bird, F. A. (2019). Agricultural inputs and nutrition in South Asia. Food Policy, 82, 28-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.10.011

There are a number of potential pathways leading from agricultural input decisions to nutrition outcomes of farm households. These have special resonance in less developed areas of South Asia given widespread undernutrition problems, market failures... Read More about Agricultural inputs and nutrition in South Asia.

Integrating agriculture and health research for development: LCIRAH as an interdisciplinary programme to address a global challenge. (2018)
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Waage, J., Dangour, A. D., Häsler, B., Shankar, B., Johnston, D., Gohil, E., Gwan-Lim, G., Walls, H., Lock, K., Hull, E., Smith, R. D., Green, R., & Kadiyala, S. (2019). Integrating agriculture and health research for development: LCIRAH as an interdisciplinary programme to address a global challenge. Global Challenges, 3(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.201700104

The multiple burdens of persistent undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies, along with the rapidly growing rates of overweight, obesity, and associated chronic diseases, are major challenges globally. The role of agriculture and the food system... Read More about Integrating agriculture and health research for development: LCIRAH as an interdisciplinary programme to address a global challenge..

Dietary and nutritional change in India: implications for strategies, policies, and interventions (2017)
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Shankar, B., Agrawal, S., Beaudreault, A. R., Avula, L., Martorell, R., Osendarp, S., Prabhakaran, D., & Mclean, M. S. (in press). Dietary and nutritional change in India: implications for strategies, policies, and interventions. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1395(1), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13324

Despite the global transition to overnutrition, stunting affected approximately 159 million children worldwide in 2014, while an estimated 50 million children were wasted. India is an important front in the fight against malnutrition and is grappling... Read More about Dietary and nutritional change in India: implications for strategies, policies, and interventions.

What Explains Cambodia’s Success in Reducing Child Stunting-2000-2014? (2016)
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Zanello, G., Srinivasan, C. S., & Shankar, B. (2016). What Explains Cambodia’s Success in Reducing Child Stunting-2000-2014?. PLoS ONE, 11(9), Article 0162668. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162668

In many developing countries, high levels of child undernutrition persist alongside rapid economic growth. There is considerable interest in the study of countries that have made rapid progress in child nutrition to uncover the driving forces behind... Read More about What Explains Cambodia’s Success in Reducing Child Stunting-2000-2014?.

Reducing Anemia Prevalence in Afghanistan: Socioeconomic Correlates and the Particular Role of Agricultural Assets (2016)
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Flores-Martinez, A., Zanello, G., Shankar, B., & Poole, N. (2016). Reducing Anemia Prevalence in Afghanistan: Socioeconomic Correlates and the Particular Role of Agricultural Assets. PLoS ONE, 11(6), Article 0156878. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156878

This research aims to examine the socio-economic correlates of anemia in women, and potential sources of iron in household diets in Afghanistan. It also examines whether ownership of agricultural (particularly livestock) assets and their use in food... Read More about Reducing Anemia Prevalence in Afghanistan: Socioeconomic Correlates and the Particular Role of Agricultural Assets.

Global dietary quality, undernutrition and non-communicable disease: a longitudinal modelling study (2016)
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Green, R., Sutherland, J., Dangour, A. D., Shankar, B., & Webb, P. (2016). Global dietary quality, undernutrition and non-communicable disease: a longitudinal modelling study. BMJ Open, 6(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009331

OBJECTIVES: To determine the relationship between global dietary energy availability and dietary quality, and nutrition-related health outcomes.

// DESIGN: A worldwide longitudinal modelling study using country-level data. Data on total dietary en... Read More about Global dietary quality, undernutrition and non-communicable disease: a longitudinal modelling study.

What happens to patterns of food consumption when food prices change? Evidence from a systematic review and meta analysis of food price elasticities globally. (2014)
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Cornelsen, L., Green, R., Turner, R., Dangour, A. D., Shankar, B., Mazzocchi, M., & Smith, R. D. (2015). What happens to patterns of food consumption when food prices change? Evidence from a systematic review and meta analysis of food price elasticities globally. Health Economics, 24(12), 1548-1559. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3107

Recent years have seen considerable interest in examining the impact of food prices on food consumption and subsequent health consequences. Fiscal policies targeting the relative price of unhealthy foods are frequently put forward as ways to address... Read More about What happens to patterns of food consumption when food prices change? Evidence from a systematic review and meta analysis of food price elasticities globally..

Transaction Costs, Information Technologies, and the Choice of Marketplace among Farmers in Northern Ghana (2014)
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Zanello, G., Srinivasan, C. S., & Shankar, B. (2014). Transaction Costs, Information Technologies, and the Choice of Marketplace among Farmers in Northern Ghana. The Journal of Development Studies, 50(9), 1226-1239. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2014.903244

Using a transactions costs framework, we examine the impact of information and communication technologies (mobile phones and radios) use on market participation in developing country agricultural markets using a novel transaction-level data set of Gh... Read More about Transaction Costs, Information Technologies, and the Choice of Marketplace among Farmers in Northern Ghana.