provision of adequate diets for young children in the United States. An examination of the Health and Nutrition Examination … Survey reveals the following: 1. Average nutrient intakes of young children are well above recommended dietary standards …, with the exception of iron. 2. Average nutrient intakes for children in households of lower economic status are very …

El Salvador is in a nutrition transition. In the past 20 years, stunting rates have declined by 25 percent in young … children, while overweight and obesity have reached epidemic proportions, affecting about 60 percent of reproductive-age (15 to … 49 years) women and increasing among children under five. To accelerate the progress in reducing stunting, anemia, and …

phases of childhood and early adolescence. Our results indicate that children born to early mothers are shorter for their age …. Interestingly, the Adolescent Motherhood, Human Capital, Child Development, Cognition, Health, Nutrition, Gender, Parenting effect …

and nutrition have improved and primary school enrolments have increased. This study uses longitudinal data of 1813 strong … young cohort and 443 of the old cohort - children in five regions in the country over two rounds from the Young Lives Survey …. The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of child nutrition and health on their cognitive achievements measured …