ArticlePublic health nutrition2017
Child height gain is associated with consumption of animal-source foods in livestock-owning households in Western Kenya.
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- Evolution of Lactase Persistence: Turbo-Charging Adaptation in Growth Under the Selective Pressure of Maternal Mortality?Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Impact of routine Newcastle disease vaccination on chicken flock size in smallholder farms in western Kenya.PloS one · 2021Article
- Benefits and Risks of Smallholder Livestock Production on Child Nutrition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Review
- Household Macronutrient Prices and Livestock Health in Western Kenya.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
- Animal source foods for the alleviation of double burden of malnutrition in countries undergoing nutrition transition.Animal frontiers : the review magazine of animal agriculture · 2019Article
- Successes and challenges of the One Health approach in Kenya over the last decade.BMC public health · 2019Article
- The role of dietary diversity in the response to treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition among children in Niger: a prospective study.BMC nutrition · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo clarify the pathways between household livestock and child growth by assessing the relationships between consumption of animal-source foods (ASF) and child growth and evaluating the household livestock correlates of child consumption of ASF.
designWe conducted a longitudinal cohort study of anthropometry and 3 d feeding recalls among children <5 years old between June 2014 and May 2015. In addition, we collected data on wealth, livestock ownership and livestock diseases in the same households. We used linear and negative binomial mixed models to evaluate the relationships between household livestock characteristics, reported consumption of ASF and child growth.
settingAn 1800-household surveillance catchment area in Western Kenya within the structure of human and animal health surveillance systems. SUBJECTS: Children (n 874) <5 years old.
resultsAmong children >6 months old, reported frequency of egg and milk consumption was associated with increased monthly height gain (for each additional report of consumption over 3 d: adjusted β (95 % CI)=0·010 (0·002, 0·019) cm/month and 0·008 (0·004, 0·013) cm/month, respectively). Poultry ownership was associated with higher reported frequency of egg, milk and chicken consumption (adjusted incidence rate ratio (95 % CI)=1·3 (1·2, 1·4), 1·4 (1·1, 1·6) and 1·3 (1·1, 1·4), respectively). Some livestock diseases were associated with lower reported frequency of ASF intake (livestock digestive diseases-adjusted incidence rate ratio (95 % CI)=0·89 (0·78, 1·00)).
conclusionsChild height gain was associated with milk and egg consumption in this cohort. ASF consumption was related to both household livestock ownership and animal health.
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