Young Children Who Eat Animal Sourced Foods Grow Less Stunted: Findings of Contemporaneous and Lagged Analyses from Nepal, Uganda and Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorZaharia, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorGhosh, Shibani
dc.contributor.authorShrestha, Robin
dc.contributor.authorManohar, Swetha
dc.contributor.authorThorne-Lyman, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorBashaasha, Bernard
dc.contributor.authorKabunga, Nassul
dc.contributor.authorGurung, Sabi
dc.contributor.authorNamirembe, Grace
dc.contributor.authorHeneveld, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorLiang, Lichen
dc.contributor.authorWebb, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-12T20:41:46Z
dc.date.available2022-10-12T20:41:46Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIn resource constrained countries, animal-sourced foods (ASFs) are an important nutrient-dense source of vitamins, minerals and macronutrients. While several studies have suggested the value of ASFs to child growth, most empirical evidence is based on cross-sectional data which can only provide information about the contemporaneous relationship between diet and anthropometric outcomes. This study uses longitudinal panel data for Nepal, Bangladesh, and Uganda to assess the association between contemporaneous as well as past ASF consumption and linear growth of children aged 6-24 months. Fixed effects models found that ASF consumption was significantly correlated with lower stunting, with a decline in stunting prevalence as high as 10% in Nepali children who had consumed any ASF in the previous year. Consuming two or more ASFs showed an even higher magnitude of association, ranging from a 10% decline in prevalence of stunting associated with lagged consumption in Bangladesh to a 16% decline in Nepal.en_US
dc.identifier.citationZaharia, S., Ghosh, S., Shrestha, R., Manohar, S., Thorne-Lyman, A., Bashaasha, B., ... & Webb, P. (2020). Young Children Who Eat Animal Sourced Foods Grow Less Stunted: Findings of Contemporaneous and Lagged Analyses from Nepal, Uganda and Bangladesh. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-74484/v1en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-74484/v1
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4902
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherResearch Squareen_US
dc.subjectAnimal-sourced fooden_US
dc.subjectChild growthen_US
dc.subjectAnthropometric outcomeen_US
dc.titleYoung Children Who Eat Animal Sourced Foods Grow Less Stunted: Findings of Contemporaneous and Lagged Analyses from Nepal, Uganda and Bangladeshen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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