Animal sourced foods and child stunting

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.coverage.countryCambodia
cg.coverage.countryBangladesh
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KH
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BD
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.creator.identifierDEREK HEADEY: 0000-0003-2476-5131
cg.creator.identifierKalle Hirvonen: 0000-0003-2057-1612
cg.creator.identifierJohn Hoddinott: 0000-0002-0590-3917
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay053en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS)
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Advancing Research on Nutrition and Agriculture (ARENA)
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0002-9092en
cg.issn1467-8276en
cg.issue5en
cg.journalAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economicsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume100en
dc.contributor.authorHeadey, Derek D.en
dc.contributor.authorHirvonen, Kalleen
dc.contributor.authorHoddinott, John F.en
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:05:13Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:05:13Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/145866
dc.titleAnimal sourced foods and child stuntingen
dcterms.abstractStunting 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.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHeadey, Derek; Hirvonen, Kalle ; and Hoddinott, John. 2018. Animal sourced foods and child stunting. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 100(5): 1302-1319. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aay053en
dcterms.extent18 pagesen
dcterms.issued2018-08-16
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherOxford University Pressen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146345en
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102212en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/6320en
dcterms.subjectchild nutritionen
dcterms.subjectanimal source foodsen
dcterms.subjectnutritional disordersen
dcterms.subjectstuntingen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectdeveloping countriesen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectfood consumptionen
dcterms.subjectfisheriesen
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjectdietary diversityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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