Search Results - subject:"complementary feeding"

Investing in nutrition : a global best investment case

Larsen, Bjorn; Hoddinott, John; Razvi, Saleema - In: Journal of benefit-cost analysis 14 (2023), pp. 235-254

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Gender Inequality in Nutrition Intake: Evidence from a Large Assistance Program

Wang, Qing; Zhang, Shiying - 2020

This paper examines the growth effect of one of the largest nutrition assistance programs in early life. The program covers 5.8 million children in poor rural China and provides 6-24-month old children with a free nutrition supplement that contains nine essential micronutrients. We utilize a...

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Gender inequality in nutrition intake : evidence from a large assistance program

Wang, Qing; Zhang, Shiying - 2020

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Feeding of infants and young children in South Asia

Torlesse, Harriet; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2018

Poor breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices predict child stunting and wasting in South Asia, suggesting … feeding practices have not produced substantial improvement, particularly in complementary feeding, because such efforts have …

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Scaling Up Nutrition for a More Resilient Mali: Nutrition Diagnostics and Costed Plan for Scaling Up

Shekar, Meera; Mattern, Max; Eozenou, Patric; Eberwein, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015

This paper builds on the global experience and Mali?s context to identify an effective nutrition approach as well as costs and benefits of key nutrition programs, as part of a resilience agenda after the crisis. It is intended to help guide the selection of the most cost-effective interventions...

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Costed Plan for Scaling Up Nutrition: Nigeria

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2014

This paper estimates country-specific costs and benefits of scaling up key nutrition investments in Nigeria. Building on the methodology established in the global report scaling up nutrition: what will it cost? Authors first estimate the costs and benefits of a nationwide scale up of ten...

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Infant and young child feeding

eSocialSciences; World Health Organisation (WHO) - 2013

, reduces the risk of chronic disease, and fosters better development overall. In fact, optimal breastfeeding and complementary … feeding are so critical that they could save about 220 000 lives per year. …

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Teen marriage and feeding behaviour to children in Indonesia

Indriyati; Handayani, Dwini - In: Malaysian journal of economic studies 55 (2018) 2, pp. 151-166

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Rural-urban differences in children's dietary diversity in Ethiopia : a Poisson decomposition analysis

Hirvonen, Kalle - In: Economics letters 147 (2016), pp. 12-15

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Modernization is associated with intensive breastfeeding patterns in the Bolivian Amazon

Veile, Amanda; Martin, Melanie; McAllister, Lisa; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 100 (2014) C, pp. 148-158

breastfeeding (initiation, frequency, duration, and complementary feeding). Contrary to our predictions, breastfeeding was most …. Regional differences accounted for variation in most dimensions of breastfeeding (initiation, frequency, and complementary … feeding). Future research should therefore identify constraints on breastfeeding in the less modernized Tsimane regions, and …

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