Household food expenditure, dietary diversity, and child nutrition in Nepal

Vista sencilla de ítem
dc.creatorThapa, Ganesh B.
dc.creatorKumar, Anjani
dc.creatorJoshi, Pramod Kumar
dc.date2017
dc.date2024-06-21T09:23:16Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:23:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:46:15Z
dc.descriptionUsing data from the 1995–1996 and 2010–2011 rounds of the Nepal Living Standards Survey, we study the empirical connections between household food expenditure and nutrition outcomes of children below the age of five years using multilevel and dose-response function approaches. We also examine the effects of dietary quality changes on child nutrition improvement between 1995 and 2011 employing Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition. We find that number of food groups consumed, monthly food expenditure, dietary diversity, and the expenditure shares on fruits and vegetables and animal protein have a positive impact on the expected height-for-age Z-scores. The dietary changes explain about 71 percent of the improvement in those scores between 1995 and 2011, underscoring the importance of dietary quantity, dietary diversity, and nutrient-dense food items for child nutrition outcomes.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147752
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/114123
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146264
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147886
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146249
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146415
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147444
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceThapa, Ganesh; Kumar, Anjani; and Joshi, Pramod Kumar. 2017. Household food expenditure, dietary diversity, and child nutrition in Nepal. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1674. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147752
dc.subjectimpact
dc.subjecthousehold expenditure
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectdiet
dc.titleHousehold food expenditure, dietary diversity, and child nutrition in Nepal
dc.typeWorking Paper

Archivos

Colecciones

Instituto Internacional de Investigación sobre Políticas Alimentarias (IFPRI)