Search

Searching with a thematic focus on Children and young people, Health and nutrition, Health

Showing 21-30 of 124 results

Pages

• Document

  Long-term effects of breastfeeding: a systematic review

  World Health Organization, 2013

  Breastfeeding has well-established short-term benefits, particularly the reduction of morbidity and
• Document

  Food for thought: tackling child malnutrition to unlock potential and boost prosperity

  Save the Children Fund, 2013

  The long-term consequences of child malnutrition for health and resilience to disease are well established. But this report presents new evidence which identifies the impact of malnutrition on educational outcomes across a range of countries.
• Document

  Nutrition-sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving maternal and child nutrition?

  The Lancet, 2013

  Acceleration of progress in nutrition will require effective, large-scale nutrition-sensitive programmes that address key underlying determinants of nutrition and enhance the coverage and effectiveness of nutrition-specific interventions.
• Document

  Programming for nutrition outcomes

  London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2013

  Chronic undernutrition affects nearly 200 million children in low and middle income countries, with vitamin and mineral deficiencies affecting many more, and there is strong evidence that undernutrition is associated with up to 35% of all child deaths globally.
• Document

  Prioritising nutrition in order to achieve the MDGs in India

  Young Lives, 2012

  Malnutrition causes long-term damage to children’s development, with huge social and economic costs. It affects not only children’s physical development but also their cognitive development, so reducing future productivity and leading ultimately to economic loss for the nation as a whole.
• Document

  Factors affecting prevalence of malnutrition among children under three years of age in Botswana

  African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2006

  This study was a cross-sectional descriptive survey conducted to evaluate the level of malnutrition and the impact of some socio-economic and demographic factors of households on the nutritional status of children under 3years of age in Botswana. 400 households and mothers of children representing 23 health regions of the country participated in the study.
• Document

  Determinants of appropriate child health and nutrition practices among women in rural Gambia

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2010

  This study aimed at exploring the factors determining mothers’ choices of appropriate child health and nutrition practices in the Gambia. Eight focus-group discussions (FGDs) were held with 63 women whose children had been seen at the Keneba MRC Clinic within the 12 months preceding the study. The FGDs were analyzed using a thematic framework.
• Document

  Prevalence and Trends of Stunting Among Pre-school Children, 1990-2020

  World Health Organization, 2010

  The objective of this study was to quantify the prevalence and trends of stunting among children using the WHO growth standards. 576 nationally representative surveys were analysed. Linear mixed-effects modelling was used to estimate rates and numbers of affected children from 1990-2010. In 2010 it is estimated that 171 million children (167 million in developing countries) were stunted.
• Document

  Socio-economic Predictors of Stunting in Pre-school Children - a population-based study from Johannesburg and Soweto

  South African Medical Journal, 2009

  This study aims to investigate a range of household-level socio-economic and social support predictors of stunting in children aged less than 30 months. Logical regression models were constructed using a conceptual framework to investigate the association between early life measures of socio-economic status and stunting, using data collected in the Birth to Twenty study.
• Document

  Multisector Intervention to Accelerate Reductions in Child Stunting: An Observational Study from 9 Sub-African Countries

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2011

  This study was a prospective observational trial, conducted in 9 sub-Saharan African countries to examine changes in childhood stunting and its determinants after 3years of exposure to an integrated, multi-sector intervention and compared these changes to national trends. Baseline levels of childhood stunting was 20%. 2-year old children from villages were enrolled in the study.

Pages