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

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 …

together account for 90 percent of the world's stunted children. The first calculation asks how much lower a country's per …. The second calculation estimates the economic value and the costs associated with scaling up a package of nutrition … 10 nutrition interventions for which data are available on the effects and costs. The estimated rate-of-return from …

More than 20 percent of children under the age of 5 in Tajikistan are stunted. A large literature finds that stunting … health-related factors. However, quantifying these interactions is usually not possible due to the difficulty of collecting … consumed, food diversity, access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, access to health services, and care …

and 2018, nutrition indicators improved and the percentage of children under age five who were stunted fell from forty …Childhood malnutrition is still a public health concern in Malawi. Since 2013 the government of Malawi (GoM) has been … implementing a large-scale multisectoral nutrition program, which expanded to all districts of the country with the World Bank …

This paper examines the extent to which the three key underlying determinants of nutrition-food security; adequate … caregiving resources at the maternal, household, and community levels; and access to health services and a safe and hygienic … environment-on their own and interactively are correlated with nutrition outcomes, such as height-for-age z-scores. Based on data …

In 2004, a landmark study showed that an inexpensive medication to treat parasitic worms could improve health and … school attendance for millions of children in many developing countries. Eleven years later, a headline in the Guardian …

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 …

Rising obesity rates are one of the most challenging public health issues in many emerging economies. The extent to … being the main driver. This highlights the importance of considering the food environment to inform public health policies …

crop prices are positively associated with improved child stunting rates for children between ages 6 months and 5 years … potentially positive impacts on child nutrition …