This book is a compendium of Alok Bhargava's most important contributions in longitudinal econometric methods and its application to problems of food, nutrition and health. It demonstrates the usefulness of rigorous econometric and statistical methods in addressing issues of under-nutrition and poor child health in developing countries, as well as obesity in developed countries.The close connection between the issues and themes analyzed in disciplines such as economics, nutrition, psychology, demography, epidemiology and public health, provides a sound basis for the formulation of public policies.
Reviews
"... it could be utilized by those who want to study the impact of this author on economics, biostatistics, food science, and population health ... this book offers a review for those interested primarily in economics modeling and its applications to health sciences."American Journal of Human Biology



Book Information
ISBN 9789812568410
Author Alok Bhargava
Format Hardback
Page Count 416
Imprint World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Publisher World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd