The beginning rise in obesity prevalence rates in South Africa was first noticed already in the early 1990s. Since then, several articles have discussed how the nutrition transition has affected people’s body weights in the country. This article is the first one that uses longitudinal data...

This study analyzes the extent to which nutritional status in terms of weight change has been affected by the income distribution as the economy has grown. Is BMI growth different at different tails of the income distribution? Health and nutritional outcomes are not normally expected to be...

Ökonomisches Wachstum bringt für die Gesellschaft eines Landes Wandel auf unterschiedlichen Ebenen mit sich. In dieser Dissertation werden in drei Aufsätzen die Folgen des globalen Ernährungswandels und regionale Vereinbarungen gegen den Klimawandel näher untersucht. Der globale...

In 2015-16, India was the seventh-largest economy in the world and had more than 200 million people at risk for obesity. Overconsumption of calories from processed foods, an outcome of a country's dietary transition, is known to be an important mechanism that drives risks for obesity. Testing...