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Research with economist Josephine Duh\",\n  \"date\": \"2013-11-04\",\n  \"template\": \"post\",\n  \"slug\": \"how-does-the-disease-environment-shape-calorie-needs-research-with-economist-josephine-duh\",\n  \"postedLink\": \"https://riceinstitute.org/blog/how-does-the-disease-environment-shape-calorie-needs-research-with-economist-josephine-duh/\",\n  \"old-tags\": [\"food\", \"sanitation-2\"],\n  \"description\": \"\",\n  \"tags\": \"Blog Post\",\n  \"banner\": \"\"\n};\nvar layoutProps = {\n  _frontmatter: _frontmatter\n};\nvar MDXLayout = \"wrapper\";\nreturn function MDXContent(_ref) {\n  var components = _ref.components,\n      props = _objectWithoutProperties(_ref, [\"components\"]);\n\n  return mdx(MDXLayout, _extends({}, layoutProps, props, {\n    components: components,\n    mdxType: \"MDXLayout\"\n  }), mdx(\"p\", null, \"Could an improving disease environment \\u2013 which allows people to retain, absorb, and use more of the calories they consume \\u2013 reduce calorie needs, and explain some of the \", mdx(\"a\", {\n    parentName: \"p\",\n    \"href\": \"http://www.princeton.edu/~deaton/downloads/Food_and_Nutrition_in_India_Facts_and_Interpretations.pdf\",\n    \"target\": \"_blank\",\n    \"rel\": \"noopener noreferrer\"\n  }, \"puzzle of the decline in average calorie consumption in India\"), \" over the past 20 years? 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