Negative impact on calorie intake associated with the 2006-08 food price crisis in Latin America

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 112-123

  Iannotti, Lora ^a   Robles, Miguel ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calories; Food price crisis; Latin America; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CEREAL; COMMODITY; DATA SET; DEMAND ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRICE DYNAMICS; RESEARCH WORK; RURAL AREA; STANDARDIZATION; TRACE ELEMENT; URBAN AREA;

LATIN AMERICA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960174303     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482651103200205     Document Type: Article

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