Since 1995 approximately 325 publications on stature have appeared in the social sciences,
which is more than a four-fold increase in the rate of production relative to the period 1977 …

Background Peru reduced its under-5 child stunting prevalence notably from 31.3% in 2000
to 13.1% in 2016. Objectives We aimed to study factors and key enablers of child stunting …

Food insecurity, the lack of access at all times to the food needed for an active and healthy
life, continues to be a growing problem as populations increase while the world economy …

In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) about one in six children under 5 years of age—
or about 9 million children—suffer from longer-run undernourishment reflected in stunting …

This work analyzes the impact of remittances on nutritional status of children aged< 5 years
old in Ecuador in 2006. Using a set of anthropometric indicators constructed according to the …

Methods: The sample consisted of 43,416 children aged 2-35 months residing in rural India
from the National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) conducted in 1993 and 1998. We …

This study considers the demand for child micronutrient status (represented by hemoglobin
concentration). A central focus concerns the distinct roles of maternal schooling versus …

Rural populations living in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon (NEA) experience the highest
health burden of any region in the country. Two independent studies of colonist and …

ObjectiveTo examine trends in stunting and overweight in Peruvian children, using 2006
WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study criteria. DesignTrend analyses using nationally …

El presente estudio evalúa la efectividad del Seguro Integral de Salud para incrementar el
acceso de las madres gestantes al parto institucional, particularmente las más pobres …