Shah V P
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104.
J Trop Pediatr. 1993 Apr;39(2):118-27. doi: 10.1093/tropej/39.2.118.
The present study compared and analysed the nutritional and economic situations in Nigeria, India, and Brazil over the three-decades between 1960 and 1990. Intra-country comparisons were undertaken for each country. The various indicators studied included among others the gross national product, total external debt, population, literacy, immunization, daily calorie intake, mortality, and life expectancy. It was noted that the economic situation influences the social and general health indicators of a country. Positive economic growth can lead to improved social development as well as diet and general health conditions. The opposite is also true, when economic growth is poor. The relationship between economic growth, and social and general health indicators is, however, not always applicable. This happens when the government fails to distribute incomes fairly; improvements in the country's social development, with nutritional and health indicators, does not occur. These findings call for a larger comparative study of the economic, social and health indicators for all the countries in the world.
本研究对1960年至1990年这三十年期间尼日利亚、印度和巴西的营养与经济状况进行了比较和分析。对每个国家都进行了国内比较。所研究的各项指标包括国民生产总值、对外债务总额、人口、识字率、免疫接种率、每日卡路里摄入量、死亡率和预期寿命等。研究指出，经济状况会影响一个国家的社会和总体健康指标。积极的经济增长能够带来社会发展以及饮食和总体健康状况的改善。反之，经济增长不佳时亦是如此。然而，经济增长与社会和总体健康指标之间的关系并非总是适用。当政府未能公平分配收入时就会出现这种情况；该国的社会发展以及营养和健康指标就不会得到改善。这些研究结果呼吁对世界上所有国家的经济、社会和健康指标进行更广泛的比较研究。
