Thesis
Bias and discrimination in intra-household food allocation: case study of a rural labour population in northeast Brazil
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My thesis examines food allocation and nutritional outcomes in a sample of 152 individuals in thirty-two households of sugarcane workers in the municipality of Gameleira, Northeast Brazil. Anthropometric data show that undernutrition and overnutrition coexist in the study population, and often within households – a consequence of the changes in diet and physical activity linked to the nutrition transition. Food allocation was examined using an indicator of the frequency of consumption of h...
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+ Harriss-White, B
Institution:
University of Oxford
Oxford college:
Wolfson College
Role:
Supervisor
Funding
Clarendon Fund
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
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- Deposit date:
- 2016-09-10
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- Copyright holder:
- Hansford, F
- Copyright date:
- 2010
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