Consumption of unhealthy commercial foods and beverages (UCFB) is common among infants and young children living in low- and middle-income countries. Such foods can displace other...
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Dietary diversity and social determinants of nutrition among late adolescent girls in rural Pakistan
The conditions in which adolescent girls mature shape their health, development and nutrition. Nutrient requirements increase to support growth during adolescence, but gaps between consumption...
Background
The ever-growing trend of abdominal obesity worldwide has garnered global attention over the past three decades. In India, BMI has conventionally been used...
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Dietary diversity scores and food variety scores have been assessed together in Indian children and adolescents aged 9–18 y.
A single cutoff...
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We evaluated the impact of a gender-sensitive poultry marketing intervention on women's empowerment.
Despite reaching and providing some benefits to women, there was no program...
This study traces the causal effects of extreme weather events on nutritional and health outcomes among rural children in Uganda using four waves of individual child survey...
Introduction Stunting or linear growth faltering, measured by length-for-age Z-score (LAZ), remains a significant public health challenge, particularly in rural low-income and middle-income countries. It...
Food security “exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food which meets their...
Civil conflict began in Ethiopia in November 2020 and has reportedly caused major disruptions in access to health services, food, and related critical services, in addition to the direct...
The World Bank supported Government of Assam to organise an ‘Eat Right Mela’, the first of its kind in any districts of India, at Barpeta, one of the seven Aspirational Districts...