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    Nutrition and baseline survey of older people in three refugee camps in Dadaab

    HelpAge International, 2011
    This report of a survey in camps in north-eastern Kenya shows that older people are vulnerable to malnutrition but often not recognised as such. It recommends how to measure older people’s nutritional status.
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    Malnutrition in a land of plenty

    Save the Children Fund, 2010
    Child hunger and undernutrition is a persistent problem in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), despite its lush hills and valleys. One out of ten children under five suffers from acute malnutrition, and child stunting has reached a staggering rate of 50%.
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    The Role of Food and Nutrition System Approaches in Tackling Hidden Hunger International

    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2011
    One of the World’s greatest challenges is to secure sufficient and healthy food for all, and to do so in an environmentally sustainable manner. This review explores the interrelationships of food, health, and environment, and their role in addressing chronic micronutrient deficiencies, also known as ―hidden hunger, affecting over two billion people worldwide.
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    Rising food prices and declining food security: evidence from Afghanistan

    AgEcon Search, 2012
    Food price shocks can exacerbate chronically low levels of nutrient intake in countries with large populations living in poverty with generally poor diets. This paper examines the case of Afghanistan in the 2007/08 season, when rapid rise in wheat prices impacted household food security.
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    Tracking progress on child and maternal nutrition

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2009
    This report draws on wider sources in order to identify key factors for the effective implementation of programmes to improve maternal nutrition, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, and vitamin and mineral intake for infants and young children. The report also provides information that demonstrates that improving child nutrition is entirely feasible.
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    Maternal Migration and Child Well-Being in Peru

    Young Lives, 2009
    Migration affects not only those who migrate, but may also have intergenerational effects on their children. Looking at those mothers with a history of internal migration who are part of the Young Lives project, and comparing them with suitable controls, we find that mothers’ migration has had a positive impact on the nutritional outcomes and cognitive achievement of their offspring.
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    Early Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement in Pre-school Children in Peru

    Young Lives, 2009
    The aim of this paper is to examine the link between early stunting and later cognitive achievement. It differs from nutrition–learning studies in other developing countries in that it focuses on pre-school children, and therefore time spent in school plays no role.
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    Gender influences in child survival, health and nutrition: a narrative review

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2011
    There is increasing recognition in the field of international health and nutrition that gender inequities and dynamics are a major social determinant of health and nutrition outcomes. However, reviews of evidence to date have tended to concentrate on comparisons of health and nutrition outcomes, healthcare utilisation or coverage of services/programmes between boys and girls or women and men.
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    Do Pre-natal and Post-natal Economic Shocks Have a Long-lasting Effect on the Height of 5-year-old Children?

    Young Lives, 2010
    While the Ethiopian national emergency and food security programmes support farmers hit by area-wide shocks such as crop failure, idiosyncratic shocks such as illness and death of household member, loss of assets and separation or divorce are not covered.
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    The Impact of the Midday Meal Scheme on Nutrition and Learning

    Young Lives, 2010
    Food insecurity and poor nutrition remain a problem in many developing countries and can have profound effects on children’s health and their development. The Midday Meal Scheme in India is a programme covering primary school children to improve nutrition as well as increase educational enrolment, retention and attendance.

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