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Growing richer and taller : explaining change in the distribution of child nutritional status during Vietnam's economic boom
O'Donnell, Owen; López Nicolás, Ángel; Van … - 2006
points in the proportion of children chronically malnourished (stunted). We estimate the extent to which changes in the … of children stunted is explained by changes in the distributions of covariates and 35% is explained by change in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011350368
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Growing Richer and Taller : Explaining Change in the Distribution of Child Nutritional Status During Vietnam's Economic Boom
O'Donnell, Owen A.; Lopez Nicolas, Angel; van … - 2007
points in the proportion of children chronically malnourished (stunted). We estimate the extent to which changes in the … of children stunted is explained by changes in the distributions of covariates and 35% is explained by change in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014053357
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The nutrition transition and indicators of child malnutrition
Kimenju, Simon C.; Qaim, Matin - 2014
We analyze how the nutrition transition affects child malnutrition in developing countries. It is often assumed that the nutrition transition affects child weight but not child growth, which could be one reason why child underweight decreases faster than child stunting. But these effects have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457138
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Echo effects of early-life health shocks : the intergenerational consequences of prenatal malnutrition during the Great Leap Forward famine in China
Li, Jinhu; Menon, Nidhiya - 2020
wide range of outcomes of children of mothers who were exposed in-utero including income, education, employment, and … directly affected and their children. We find that on average, the famine had negative echo effects on second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012203166
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Supermarket food purchases and child nutritional outcomes in Kenya
Legesse Debela, Bethelhem; Demmler, Kathrin M.; Klasen, … - 2018
In many developing countries, supermarkets are spreading rapidly at the expense of traditional food markets and shops. Changing retail environments and food choices may affect consumer diets and nutritional outcomes. Previous research suggested that supermarkets may contribute to rising rates of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853671
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Echo Effects of Early-Life Health Shocks : The Intergenerational Consequences of Prenatal Malnutrition During the Great Leap Forward Famine in China
Li, Jinhu - 2020
wide range of outcomes of children of mothers who were exposed in-utero including income, education, employment, and … affected and their children. We find that on average, the famine had negative echo effects on second-generation outcomes. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835808
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Spatial differences in stunting and household agricultural production in South Africa : (re-)examining the links using national panel survey data
Otterbach, Steffen; Rogan, Michael - 2017
stunting's evolution among South African children and adolescents aged 0–19, with particular attention to how the prevalence of …. Even more important, although under-nutrition retains a strong spatial component, once observable differences in living … standards are controlled for, the higher tendency for children in deep rural households to suffer from (severe) stunting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732006
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Spatial differences in stunting and household agricultural production in South Africa : (re-)examining the links using national panel survey data
Otterbach, Steffen; Rogan, Michael - 2017
years of stunting's evolution among South African children, adolescents, and young adults aged 0-19, with particular … attention to how the prevalence of under-nutrition differs between urban and rural areas and how the drivers of poor nutrition …. Even more important, although under-nutrition retains a strong spatial component, once observable differences in living …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011673064
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Characteristics and determinants of child malnutrition in Mozambique, 2003-11
Cardoso, José; Allwright, Lindsey; Salvucci, Vincenzo - 2016
Child malnutrition continues to be a serious impediment to development both at the individual and national levels in many developing countries. In Mozambique, despite a high and sustained GDP growth, child malnutrition has been decreasing at a rather slow pace over the past 15 years. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011573217
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Aid and child health : local effects of aid on stunting in Malawi
Durevall, Dick; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie - 2022
reduce stunting, or impaired growth, among children in the local area. Focusing on Malawi, a country with very high stunting …,604 children under the age of 5. To identify the effect of aid, we rely on spatial and temporal variation in aid project coverage … already for children born in the early project implementation phase and lasts for children born up to 3 years after project …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013490610