Nutritional Determinants and Migration in the Brazilian Northeast: A Case Study of Rural and Urban Ceará

Global impacts of human mineral malnutrition

“…In subsequent work the interaction between nutrition and work capacity was analyzed more in view of increasing agricultural productivity. While for instance Ward and Sanders (1980) have reported that higher incomes can lead to improved food intakes, others (Strauss 1986;Deolalikar 1988;Haddad and Bouis 1991;Alderman et al 1996) have provided empirical support showing that the mechanism can also work the other way round, i.e. that better nutrition can increase individual productivity-or that chronic malnutrition can impact negatively on market wages and farm output.…”

Impact of Income on Nutrient Intakes: Implications for Undernourishment and Obesity

“…According to the latest FAO (2009, p.36) report on food insecurity, the recent "diminished economic access to food because of higher prices was compounded by lower incomes." While a number of early papers substantiate the conventional wisdom of the World Bank before the "revisionist" papers emerged in the 1980s (Pinstrup-Andersen and Caicedo 1978;Ward and Sanders 1980), more recent studies further counter the revisionist regime Tiffin and Dawson 2002; and emphasize an income-drive approach. Table 1 provides a summary of recent studies since the review in Bouis and Haddad (1992).…”

Corte a mortalha: o cálculo humano da morte infantil no Ceará

“…O nordeste foi deixado para trás no assim chamado milagre econômico das déca-das de 1960 e 1970, e suas condições com freqüência lembram aquelas do mais pobre dos países, embora o Brasil como um todo constitua a oitava maior economia do mundo. Essa disparidade se reflete nas taxas de desnutrição e de mortalidade infantil: estima-se que 44% dos brasileiros sejam desnutridos; no nordeste, a percentagem sobe a 75% (Ward & Sanders, 1980). As taxas de mortalidade infantil, que aumentaram agudamente durante o "milagre" (Wood, 1982;Fishlow, 1972), são altas.…”