Managing interactions between household food security and preschooler health

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dc.creatorHaddad, Lawrence J.
dc.creatorBhattarai, Saroj
dc.creatorImmink, Maarten D. C.
dc.creatorKumar, Shubh K.
dc.date1996
dc.date2024-10-24T12:47:21Z
dc.date2024-10-24T12:47:21Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:59:43Z
dc.descriptionFood security does not assure good nutrition. The nutritional status of an individual is influenced not only by food but also by nonfood factors, such as clean water, sanitation, and health care. The effect of all of these factors must be considered in efforts to rid the world of malnutrition. Food security will result in good nutrition only if nonfood factors are effectively dealt with. In this paper, Lawrence Haddad, Saroj Bhattarai, Maarten Immink, and Shubh Kumar show how malnutrition among preschool children is determined by a complex interaction of illness and lack of food. The authors look at three countries —Ethiopia, Pakistan, and the Philippines — to study how food availability and diarrhea interact and what this interaction means for preschooler malnutrition. Their results show that the links between food consumption, diarrhea, and malnutrition are stronger than most economic studies have assumed. When diarrhea is prevalent, the effects of food shortages on child malnutrition are worse, and when food is scarce, the effects of diarrhea on child malnutrition are worse.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/157102
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/91503
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceHaddad, Lawrence James; Bhattarai, Saroj; Immink, Maarten D. C.; Kumar, Shubh K. 1996. Managing interactions between household food security and preschooler health. Food, agriculture, and the environment Discussion Paper; 2020 Discussion Paper 16. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157102
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectmalnutrition
dc.subjectchildren
dc.subjectpakistan
dc.subjectphilippines
dc.titleManaging interactions between household food security and preschooler health
dc.typeWorking Paper

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