... of poverty, policy intervention should continue to focus on increasing incomes. However, improvements in nonincome domains such as health expenditure, education and family demographics can also relieve the feeling of income inadequacy. Methodologically, better performance of either algorithm depends...

... 2020 19 04 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Agriculture Nutrition Food security China Policy Malnutrition Poverty Developing countries Multisectoral Health Agriculture historically has been used to feed...

...Ming Yuan; James Lawrence Seale Jr; Thomas Wahl; Junfei Bai Purpose The purpose of this paper is to offer an overview of dietary transition patterns and a discussion of the food-related health issues in China. Design/methodology/approach The paper builds on a review of the existing literature...

...Fang Chang; Yaojiang Shi; Hongmei Yi; Natalie Johnson Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect of adult children migration on the health status of elderly parents. Increased labor migration in developing countries that lack adequate social security systems and institutionalized...

...Yue Ma; Linxiu Zhang; Matthew Boswell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to produce a high-quality measure of the nature of healthcare resources available in China’s Township Health Centers (THCs), paying particular attention to equity between high- and low-income areas. Design/methodology...

... out a series of policy initiatives to address food safety problems, both as a new policy domain and under the mandate of existing policy streams including agriculture, environmental protection and health. Some of these policies involve new standards relating to production environments and processes...