Blundell, Pistaferri, and Preston (American Economic Review, 2008, 98(5), 1887–1921) report an estimate of household consumption insurance with respect to permanent income shocks 36%. In replicating findings for their model data, we find that this is distorted by a code error not robust weighting scheme generalized method moments (GMM) or consideration quasi maximum likelihood estimation (QMLE)...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the characteristics of out-of-home eating and spending on such consumption. METHODS A complex sample of 48,470 Brazilian households, selected from the 2002-2003 Household Budget Survey (HBS) was analyzed. Out-of-home eating was defined as the purchase of at least one type of food for consumption out of the home during seven days. Frequencies of out-of-home eating were est...

A large area of Gujarat and Rajasthan is rain-fed exposing rural population to food prices spike due frequent droughts. The present study was conducted in year 2020 based on NSSO data household consumption expenditures households these states for the 2009 analyse effects that price changes have expenditure calorie intake. results show a strong negative effect rises impact foods particularly whe...

This article re-examines energy and nutrition available to British working-class households in the late 1930s using individual household expenditure consumption data. We use these data address a number of questions. First, what was extent malnutrition Britain? Second, how did incidence change over time? Third, were nutritional consequences school meals milk schemes? conclude that, for working h...

OBJECTIVE To verify the type of milk consumed by children under one year of age and identify variables associated with non-maternal milk consumption (formula or cow milk). METHODS Cross-sectional study developed during the 2012 National Vaccination Campaign against Poliomyelitis. The companions of 935 children under one year of age answered a structured questionnaire on the child's diet in th...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Globally, children aged under five years are prone to malnutrition. Maasai are a nomadic community in Kenya still upholding traditional and has a high rate of child undernutrition. Consideration of cultural practices is a pre-condition for ensuring appropriate dietary practices. However, information on the influence of culture on dietary practices among Maasai children...

BACKGROUND The UK government has announced a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. The aim of this study was to assess consumption patterns for plain drinking water relative to sugary beverages among UK children. METHODS Dietary intake data for 845 children aged 4-13 years came from the nationally representative cross-sectional National Diet and Nutrition Survey, 2008-2011. Beverage categories we...

BACKGROUND The major contaminants usually encountered in milk and milk products include pesticide residues, heavy metals, and aflatoxin M1 (AFM1). Primarily, milk get contaminated before milching, from the cattle feed, from sources/materials used during the processing of milk as well as improper handling of the milk during the pre- and postprocessing period. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this stud...