Child diet and household characteristics relate differently to child development at the beginning and the end of the second “1000 days” in rural Nepal

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryNepal
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NP
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.creator.identifierSumanta Neupane: 0000-0003-2977-0896
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/0379572120987976en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Feed the Future
cg.identifier.publicationRankB
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0379-5721en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalFood and Nutrition Bulletinen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume42en
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Laurie C.en
dc.contributor.authorNeupane, Sumantaen
dc.contributor.authorJoshi, Neenaen
dc.contributor.authorLohani, Mahendraen
dc.contributor.authorThorne-Lyman, Andrewen
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:10:39Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:10:39Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/142542
dc.titleChild diet and household characteristics relate differently to child development at the beginning and the end of the second “1000 days” in rural Nepalen
dcterms.abstractThe “second 1000 days” is a period of rapid brain growth which consolidates developmental foundations and establishes school readiness. Understanding the relation between household characteristics, child diet, and child development remains incomplete, especially in resource-poor settings where >250 million children risk not achieving their full developmental potential. Child developmental performance was assessed (Ages & Stages Questionnaire [ASQ]) at ages 2 and 5 years in a cohort of Nepali children (n = 207) whose families participated in a nutrition/livestock management+community development intervention trial. Relationships between child developmental performance and mother’s education, family wealth, child diet (animal source food [ASF] consumption, dietary diversity score [DDS]), school attendance, and intervention group were examined by adjusted linear regressions. These relationships varied at the 2 ages. At age 2 years, ASQ scores related positively to “Full Package Intervention” and negatively to “Partial Package Intervention” membership. At age 5 years, intervention group did not relate to ASQ scores. Mother’s education did not relate to developmental findings for 2-year-olds. Mother’s education, wealth, and school attendance positively predicted ASQ scores for these same children as 5-year-olds. Animal source food consumption was related to child development more strongly at age 5 than at 2 years. DDS had a less pronounced relationship to development than ASF consumption at both ages. Over this time span bracketing the second 1000 days, household characteristics and child diet related differentially to developmental performance depending on child age. Better understanding of the timing and mechanisms of these relationships is needed to effectively design interventions targeting improved child development in resource-poor settings.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMiller, Laurie C.; Neupane, Sumanta; Joshi, Neena; Lohani, Mahendra; and Thorne-Lyman, Andrew. 2021. Child diet and household characteristics relate differently to child development at the beginning and the end of the second “1000 days” in rural Nepal. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 42(1): 36-54. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572120987976en
dcterms.extentpp. 36-54en
dcterms.issued2021-04-21
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherSAGE Publicationsen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/7743en
dcterms.subjectmaternal and child healthen
dcterms.subjectchild nutritionen
dcterms.subjectchild developmenten
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectnutritionen
dcterms.subjectchildrenen
dcterms.subjectdieten
dcterms.subjectrural areasen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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