DEPRIVATION AMPLIFICATION REVISITED; OR, IS IT ALWAYS TRUE THAT POORER PLACES HAVE POORER ACCESS TO RESOURCES FOR HEALTHY DIETS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY?

Deprivation amplification revisited; or, is it always true that poorer places have poorer access to resources for healthy diets and physical activity?

Abstract Background It has commonly been suggested (including by this author) that individual or household deprivation (for example, low income) is amplified by area level deprivation (for example, lack of affordable nutritious food or facilities for physical activity in the neighbourhood).Discussion The idea of deprivation amplification has some i

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Identifying reliable indicators of fitness in polar bears.

Animal structural body size and condition are often measured to evaluate individual health, identify responses to environmental change and food availability, and relate food availability to effects on reproduction and survival.A variety of condition metrics have been developed but relationships between these metrics and vital rates are rarely valid

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