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      The Impact of Nutritional Interventions on Child Health and Cognitive Development

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          Despite growing policy commitment and decades of extensive research, nutritional deficiencies remain a key challenge for health systems worldwide. In addition to causing significant personal costs for those affected, indirect effects, such as reduced overall human capital accumulation or losses in labor productivity, can impose substantial obstacles for the achievement of economic development goals. This review provides an overview of the impact of key interventions aiming to improve nutritional intake in order to reach better physical health and cognitive outcomes among children in developing countries. We argue that, although promising interventions exist, malnutrition is a complex problem, likely requiring a stronger focus on multifactorial approaches. Moreover, more research is necessary to maximize compliance and sustainability if interventions are to successfully transform into large-scale policy programs. We further discuss the emerging double burden of malnutrition as a key challenge for policy makers in resource-poor settings.

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              Despite the importance of diabetes for global health, the future economic consequences of the disease remain opaque. We forecast the full global costs of diabetes in adults through the year 2030 and predict the economic consequences of diabetes if global targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and World Health Organization Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2013-2020 are met.
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                Journal
                Annual Review of Resource Economics
                Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ.
                Annual Reviews
                1941-1340
                1941-1359
                October 06 2020
                October 06 2020
                : 12
                : 1
                : 345-366
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS), University of Goettingen, 37073 Goettingen, Germany;, ,
                [2 ]Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH), University of Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
                Article
                10.1146/annurev-resource-110519-093256
                712930fd-3689-4fed-9a70-c6da57a43058
                © 2020
                History

                Sociology,Education,Social policy & Welfare,Psychology,General behavioral science,Family & Child studies

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