nutrition programs at scale. This requires coordinated efforts among the Local Government Units (LGUs) with the same energy and … challenge of implementing a number of nutrition-related interventions in a sustained matter. Moreover, while past interventions … were focused to large extent on feeding programs for older children in Day Care Centers and schools, there is increasing …

Building on prior evidence that mothers often have a stronger preference for spending on children than fathers do, we … use a randomized experiment to evaluate the impacts of a communication training program for mothers on child health in … husbands and, thereby, boost investments in children's health. We find that the program increases spousal discussion about the …

Mothers’ work hours are likely to affect their time allocation towards activities related to children’s diet, activity … mothers’ average weekly work hours during their children’s school years on children’s dietary and activity behaviors, BMI and … increased BMI. We show that children whose mothers work more consume more unhealthy foods (e.g. soda, fast food) and less …

households, reductions in women’s reproductive work time are detrimental to nutrition, especially for children. In contrast …, women’s and children’s nutrition in nonpoor households is less sensitive to reductions in time on reproductive work. Working …There are concerns that increasing women’s engagement in agriculture could have a negative effect on nutrition because …

This paper explores the possible influence of maternal nutrition status on child malnutrition under age 5 in Bangladesh … background characteristics of child nutrition in Bangladesh. In order to understand the significance of these variables when … taken together, Multinomial Logistic Regression analysis is used. The study reveals that 32% of children under age 5 are …

work) impact children's diets. We test the hypothesis that a decrease in the time spent by mothers in home production … the time spent by their mothers in home production while keeping other factors constant. The results suggest that children …This paper provides insights into how variances in time spent by mothers in home production (i.e., domestic and care …