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Download or read book Econometrics, Statistics And Computational Approaches In Food And Health Sciences written by Alok Bhargava and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2006-11-03 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.