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Higher household expenditure on animal-source and nongrain foods lowers the risk of stunting among children 0-59 months old in Indonesia: Implications of food prices

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The Journal of Nutrition Sari, M., De Pee, S., Bloem, M., Sun, K., Thorne-Lyman, A., Moench-Pfanner, R., Akhter, N., Kramer, K., Semba, R. 2009-11-25
Article on the relationship between stunting and nongrain food expenditure at the household level among children 0–59 months old in Indonesia's rural and urban poor population. Expenditure and height-for-age data were obtained from a population-based sample of 446,473 children in ...
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High food prices and the global financial crisis have reduced access to nutritious food and worsened nutritional status and health

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The Journal of Nutrition Brinkman, H.J., de Pee, S., Sanogo, I., Subran, L., Bloem, M.W. 2009-11-25
An article on the impact of a global economic and financial crises engulfing the developing world in 2008, coming on top of high food and fuel prices. Several methods were applied, including risk analysis using the cost of the food ...
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How to ensure nutrition security in the global economic crisis to protect and enhance development of young children and our common future

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The Journal of Nutrition de Pee, S., Brinkman, H., Webb, P., Godfrey, S., Darnton-Hill, I., Alderman, H., Semba, R., Piwoz, E., Bloem, M. 2009-11-25
Article on the global economic crisis, commodity price hikes, and climate change have worsened the position of the poorest and most vulnerable people. These crises are compromising the diet and health of up to 80% of the population in most ...
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Impact of the economic crisis and increase in food prices on child mortality: Exploring nutritional pathways

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The Journal of Nutrition Christian, P. 2009-11-18
Article on the nutritional pathways underlying the link between food prices and child mortality. The 2009 economic crisis and food price increase may have a widespread impact on the nutritional and health status of populations, especially in the developing world. ...
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Household dietary diversity and food expenditures are closely linked in rural Bangladesh, increasing the risk of malnutrition due to the financial crisis

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Nature Thorne-Lyman, A. L., Valpiani, N., Sun, K., Semba, R. D., Klotz, L. C., Kraemer, K., Akhter, N., de Pee, S., Moench-Pfanner, R., Sari, M., Bloem, M. W. 2009-11-18
Article on the associations between household dietary diversity and commonly used indicators of socioeconomic status, including food expenditures, in Bangladesh. Such diversity scores are increasingly used as measures of food security and proxies for nutrient adequacy. Data representative of rural ...
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Asia and the Pacific regional overview of food security and nutrition 2022: Urban food systems and nutrition – Launch recording, Key messages & Full report

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2023-01-24
Press release on the launch and key messages of the fifth annual Asia-Pacific regional SOFI report. The report’s highlights capture the challenges and system-level determinants of unhealthy diets in urban areas, both regarding undernutrition and overweight. It presents, among others, data on food security and affordability and the state of progress on achieving the global nutrition targets. The findings profile various urban environments, interventions, experiences, and opportunities to innovate at multiple levels to transform urban areas into sustainable cities. A link to the report's virtual launch event is available including the recording, key messages, and full report. View Source

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on diets, nutrition services & nutrition practices in UNICEF’s Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR): Evidence from remote surveys

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2023-01-01
Report on the impact of the COVID pandemic on diets, services, and practices in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The report presents findings from remote surveys in six ESAR countries with data on breastfeeding, diet diversity, food consumption and insecurity, drivers of dietary changes, and disruptions to nutrition services. The survey provides important learning for the future use of remote methods for collecting nutrition data. Technical brief, pull report, and six country briefs are available. View Source

Economic shocks predict increases in child wasting prevalence

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2022-04-20
Article on the impact of severe negative economic shock on child acute malnutrition (wasting), a major risk factor for under-5 mortality. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) macroeconomic volatility is common, and severe negative economic shocks can substantially increase poverty and food insecurity. Less well understood are the implications of these contractions for child wasting. This study explores the nutritional impacts of economic growth shocks over 1990–2018 by linking wasting outcomes collected for 1.256 million children from 52 countries to lagged annual changes in economic growth. Estimates suggest that a 10% annual decline in national income increases moderate/severe wasting prevalence by 14.4–17.8%. An exploration of possible mechanisms suggests negative economic shocks may increase risks of inadequate dietary diversity among children. Applying these results to the latest economic growth estimates for 2020 suggests that COVID-19 could put an additional 9.4 million preschoolers at risk of wasting, net of the effects of preventative policy actions. View Source