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Food Security and Economic Growth
Abolghasem Pourreza * , Sara Geravandi , Mohsen Pakdaman
Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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his study aimed to examine the relationship between food security, health and economic growth. These three components together form the vertices of a triangle. How much does food security strategies in a country bring more health to its people? Is the  healthy population richer? What is the impact of health on income, and to what extent are income variation among countries characterized by variation in health? Does better nutritional status contribute to faster economic growth?
Keywords: Pregnant women, Nutrition, Nutrition recommendation
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Received: 2017/04/10 | Published: 2018/08/1 | ePublished: 2018/08/1
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