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Household food group expenditure patterns are associated with child anthropometry at ages 5, 8 and 12 years in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam

author(s) Humphries, Debbie. - Dearden, Kirk A. - Crookston, Benjamin T.. - Woldehanna, Tassew. - Penny, Mary E.. - Behrman, Jere R.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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themes
regions
  • South-Eastern Asia
  • Asia
  • World
  • Northern Europe
  • Europe
  • South America
  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Americas
  • Southern Asia
  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
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Humphries, Debbie, Kirk A. Dearden, Benjamin T. Crookston, Tassew Woldehanna, Mary E. Penny, Jere R. Behrman (2017) Household food group expenditure patterns are associated with child anthropometry at ages 5, 8 and 12 years in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam, Economics & Human Biology Volume 26, August 2017, Pages 30–41 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2017.02.001. Early online version published 14 Feb 2017

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Abstract

Population-level analysis of dietary influences on nutritional status is challenging in part due to limitations in dietary intake data. Household expenditure surveys, covering recent household expenditures and including key food groups, are routinely conducted in low- and middle-income countries. These data may help identify patterns of food expenditure that relate to child growth. This study uses data from Young Lives, an international study of childhood poverty, following the lives of 12,000 children in 4 countries (Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam) over 15 years. Young Lives is funded by the UK Department for International Development

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