Six coefficient plots of the effect of temperature on the percentage of households consuming below
80% of the recommended levels of different nutrients. The x-axis contains 10◦F temperature bins from below 70◦F to above 110◦F. The nutrient in Panel A is protein, and no coefficients are statistically significant. The outcome in Panel B is iron, and only the coefficients for the 80 to 90◦F bin (0.14) and the 90 to 100◦F bin (0.16) are statistically significant. The nutrient in Panel C is zinc, and statistically significant coefficients range from 0.16 for the 80 to 90◦F bin to 0.25 for the above 110◦F bin. The nutrient in Panel D is thiamine, and statistically significant coefficients range from 0.13 for the 70 to 80◦F bin to 0.32 for the above 110◦F bin. The nutrient in Panel E is niacin, and statistically significant coefficients range from 0.13 for the 70 to 80◦F bin to 0.41 for the above 110◦F bin. The nutrient in Panel F is riboflavin, and no coefficients are statistically significant.
🌾How does extreme heat change diets of farming families in rural India?
🔥A new #JAERE study finds that when growing-season temperatures spike, crop yields drop and this drives strong undernutrition for many households, especially calories, zinc, thiamine, and niacin.
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