Animal sourced foods and child stunting

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dc.creatorHeadey, Derek D.
dc.creatorHirvonen, Kalle
dc.creatorHoddinott, John F.
dc.date2017
dc.date2024-06-21T09:06:43Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:06:43Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:23:25Z
dc.descriptionStunting affects 160 million pre-school children around the world, and imposes significant costs on a child’s health, cognitive development, schooling and economic performance. Stunting in early childhood has been linked to poor dietary diversity, notably low intake of animal-sourced foods (ASFs) rich in high quality protein and other growth-stimulating nutrients. Surprisingly, however, very little economic research has focused on ASFs and child growth. In this paper we redress this omission through an analysis of 112,553 children aged 6-23 months from 46 countries. We first document distinctive patterns of ASF consumption among children in different regions, particularly highly variable patterns of dairy consumption, low consumption of eggs and meat, and surprisingly frequent consumption of fish in several poor regions of Africa and Asia. We then examine how ASF consumption is associated with child stunting in multivariate models saturated with control variables.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146345
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/102941
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148071
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148533
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147752
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146367
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/148066
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceHeadey, Derek D.; Hirvonen, Kalle; and Hoddinott, John F. 2017. Animal sourced foods and child stunting. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1695. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146345
dc.subjectchild nutrition
dc.subjectanimal products
dc.subjectanimal source foods
dc.subjectnutritional disorders
dc.subjectfood policies
dc.subjectagricultural policies
dc.subjectstunting
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectlivestock
dc.subjectfood consumption
dc.subjectfisheries
dc.subjectdietary diversity
dc.titleAnimal sourced foods and child stunting
dc.typeWorking Paper

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