Many low- and middle-income countries are on the path of a nutrition transition. As a consequence, children and adolescents are facing changing and complex nutritional and health risks. This seminar reviews behavioral experiments in Indonesia and Vietnam focusing on the role of agency, nutrition labeling, and information provision. We hope to bring together collaborators from these countries with our RGHI network members.
- Date
- Friday 20 Jun 2025, 14:30 - 16:30
- Type
- Seminar
- Spoken Language
- English
- Room
- 1.31
- Location
- International Institute of Social Studies
Understanding behavioral factors shaping dietary choices of children and adolescents in such times could help inform policies to improve diets and ultimately health. Yet causal and experimental evidence on dietary behavior of children and adolescents in the Global South remains very limited. Most experimental evidence has been confined to high-income countries well into the nutrition transition path.
Programme
- Welcome by Arjun Bedi (ISS) and Igna Bonfrer, Director Rotterdam Global Health Initiative
- Adolescents Girls, Agency and Appetite: Evidence from a Food Voucher Experiment
Presenter: Prof. Tri Mulyaningsih, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia (ONLINE) - Sharing Research Results and Correcting Nutritional Perceptions and Behavior: Evidence From a Field Experiment
Presenter: Tien Ha My Duong, University of Economics, HCMC, Vietnam - Interpretive Nutrition Labels, Parent-Child Interactions, and Food Choices in Indonesia
Presenter: Margarita de Vries Mecheva, Erasmus School of Economics - Q&A
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- More information
The Rotterdam Global Health Initiative (RGHI) is the academic network of global health research and education at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Erasmus MC. Their mission is to address and alleviate health inequalities worldwide, contributing to improved living conditions and advancing high-quality, equitable healthcare globally.
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