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SUBMITTER: Duh J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7797625 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Economic journal (London, England) 20170427 606
India's experience presents a puzzle at odds with a basic fact of household economics: amidst unprecedented economic growth, average <i>per capita</i> daily calorie consumption has declined in recent decades. Does an improving disease environment explain the calorie decline? A diminished burden of infectious disease could lower energy needs by increasing absorption and effective use of calories. We document a robust effect of disease exposure - measured as infant mortality and as poor sanitation ...[more]