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Using a community-based early childhood development center as a platform to promote production and consumption diversity increases children's dietary intake and reduces stunting in Malawi: A cluster-randomized trial

author(s) Gelli, Aulo - Margolies, Amy - Santacroce, Marco - Roschnik, Natalie - Twalibu, Aisha - Katundu, Mangani - Moestue, Helen - Alderman, H - Ruel, Marie
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
  • Southern Africa
citation

Gelli, Aulo et al., 'Using a community-based early childhood development center as a platform to promote production and consumption diversity increases children's dietary intake and reduces stunting in Malawi: A cluster-randomized trial', The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 148(10), pp. 1587-1597, Elsevier BV, 2018

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Abstract

Children in Malawi face nutritional risks related to low-quality diets and chronic malnutrition. This study evaluated the impact of a 1-y early childhood development (ECD) center–based agriculture and nutrition intervention aimed at improving household production diversity, maternal knowledge on child nutrition and feeding practices, and children's diets and anthropometric measures.

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