Predicting Sedentarism and Its Impact on Caloric Requirements

Jacob Michels and John C. Beghin

No 413253, Cornhusker Economics from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Agricultural Economics

Abstract: A recent study conducted by PhD candidate Jacob Michels and Agricultural economist John Beghin delves into the question of whether global estimates of food insecure populations need a reevaluation of their methodology to account for increasing sedentarism. This reevaluation is prompted by the increasing prevalence of sedentary lifestyles worldwide, which calls for a redefinition of caloric thresholds indicating the onset of food insecurity. In this short article, we provide a nontechnical summary of their investigation recently published in Michels and Beghin (2024).

Keywords: Labor; and; Human; Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.413253

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