cited determinants, the poorest, least-educated mothers and their children in Barisal have better health outcomes than the …; dietary preferences related to religion and ethnicity; nutrition education; and administration of public health and nutrition …Using recent Demographic Health Survey data for Bangladesh and the neighboring Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand, and …

health of expectant mothers, ensuring access to contraception to reduce adolescent pregnancy, and ensuring that children …Nearly one in three children under age five in the Philippines is stunted, a key marker of undernutrition. This rate is … of stunting in the Philippines, using data from the 2015 National Nutrition Survey. Potential drivers are analyzed …

individual welfare and particularly child nutrition status. This paper reviews the evidence on the effect of covariate shocks on … child nutrition status in low- and middle-income countries, the pathways through which the effect operates, and the … relationship between the timing of a child's exposure to a covariate shock and the effect on child nutrition status. The paper also …

This paper looks at how changing food prices affect child undernutrition in Ethiopia. It derives height for age … (stunting) and weight for height (wasting) as indicators of child undernutrition from the two most recent years of the Livings … crop prices are positively associated with improved child stunting rates for children between ages 6 months and 5 years …

outcomes in children. Emerging literature describes the negative effects of poor sanitation on child growth. However, limited … water contaminated with E. coli could affect the nutritional status of children through various possible biological pathways … uptake and absorption. This study explores the relationship between contaminated water and stunting prevalence among children …

significant only for children living in disadvantaged households. The presence of a partner worsens the effect of maternal …