FARE 1300 Lecture Notes - Breastfeeding, Menstruation, Workforce Productivity

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
• Course: FARE 1300
• Professor: Spencer Henson

Document Summary

undernourished mother during birth (solution: address the nutrition of a pregnant mother) mother malnourished in life prior to pregnancy (cyclical process undernourished children give birth to undernourished children: causes: micronutrient deficiency (e. g. folic acid: long-term consequences of undernutrition y concept of 1000 days : an organization that promotes the first. 1000 days of a child s life as the most critical. Aids to babies y nestle: encouraged baby formula, discouraged breastfeeding amongst underdeveloped nations. Caused huge problems: there are now laws against giving mothers samples of formula in the hospital. hence the concept of 1000 days: child undernutrition: intellectual capacity: difficult to distangle from other factors. They will be healthier, and parents are more likely to send their kids to school if they get something out of it. Labour productivity y causes: energy/protein deficiency, micronutrient deficiency y impacts, fatigue, physical capacity, susceptibility to disease, cyclical effect: if someone is undernourished, they are less productive.