ArticleAmerican journal of agricultural economics2018
Animal Sourced Foods and Child Stunting.
Article in American journal of agricultural economics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05805514 (Improving Growth and Cognitive Development of the Disadvantaged Young Children by Providing Animal Source Food), which is not on this map. Cited by 118 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Improving Growth and Cognitive Development of the Disadvantaged Young Children by Providing Animal Source Food (ASF) and Psychosocial Stimulation in Resource Poor Setting
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118 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 362 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effectiveness of Food-Based Intervention to Improve the Linear Growth of Children under Five: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
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- Ending malnutrition in all its forms requires scaling up proven nutrition interventions and much more: a 129-country analysis.BMC medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Stunting in childhood: an overview of global burden, trends, determinants, and drivers of decline.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of provision of animal-source foods for supporting optimal growth and development in children 6 to 59 months of age.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
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- A Chicken Production Intervention and Additional Nutrition Behavior Change Component Increased Child Growth in Ethiopia: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.The Journal of nutrition · 2020Trial
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- Determinants of Minimum Acceptable Diet Among Children Aged 6-23 Months in Somaliland: A Cross-Sectional Study Using Multivariable Logistic Regression.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- Socio-Demographic and Anthropometric Findings of Women Caregivers in Qwa-Qwa, Free State Province, South Africa.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Evaluating the essential microminerals in chicken and beef from Java, Indonesia using neutron activation analysis for nutritional assessment.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The dynamics of rapid stunting reduction among children under 5 : a comparative study of age-specific trajectories and wealth disparities across six high-performing countries using JME and DHS data.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Healthy eating index, growth status, and household-maternal factors among young children: Evidence from a stunting region in Indonesia.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Drivers of Child Food Poverty in Ethiopia: Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- Breaking the Cycle: Intergenerational Transmission of Stunting in Sub-Saharan Africa-Evidence From 19 Countries.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
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Abstract
Stunting affects 160 million pre-school children globally with adverse life-long consequences. While work within nutritional science suggests that stunting in early childhood is associated with low intakes of animal-sourced foods (ASFs), this topic has received little attention from economists. We attempt to redress this omission through an analysis of 130,432 children aged 6-23 months from 49 countries. We document distinctive patterns of ASF consumption among children in different regions. We find evidence of strong associations between stunting and a generic ASF consumption indicator, as well as dairy, meat/fish, and egg consumption indicators, and evidence that consuming multiple ASFs is more advantageous than any single ASF. We explore why ASF consumption is low but also so variable across countries. Non-tradable ASFs (fresh milk, eggs) are a very expensive source of calories in low-income countries and caloric prices of these foods are strongly associated with children's consumption patterns. Other demand-side factors are also important, but the strong influence of prices implies an important role for agricultural policies-in production, marketing and trade-to improve the accessibility and affordability of ASFs in poorer countries.
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