Chapter 14: Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey [Nourishing Millions]
PERUVIANS HAVE MUCH to celebrate in regards to the rapid progress the country has made in reducing malnutrition. In 2013, only 3.5 percent of children under five years of age in Peru were underweight. Even smaller proportions— 0.5 percent and 0.1 percent—were moderately or severely wasted. But the s...
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| description | PERUVIANS HAVE MUCH to celebrate in regards to the rapid progress the country has made in reducing malnutrition. In 2013, only 3.5 percent of children under five years of age in Peru were underweight. Even smaller proportions— 0.5 percent and 0.1 percent—were moderately or severely wasted. But the statistic that many nutritionists point to when lauding the country as a nutrition success is Peru’s rate of childhood stunting (Figure 14.1). In 2014, 14.6 percent of children under five years of age were stunted. While this rate is not as low as the country’s other nutrition indicators, it reflects a remarkable improvement. Less than a decade earlier, the prevalence was twice as high (29.5 percent).4 How was this rapid progress achieved—not only at a national level, but across all of Peru’s diverse regions, even poor rural ones including the Andean Highlands, and even amongst the poorest 20 percent of the population? |
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| spelling | CGSpace1332972025-11-06T06:35:07Z Chapter 14: Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey [Nourishing Millions] Yosef, Sivan Goulden, Jay health nutrition poverty developing countries countries sanitation malnutrition education PERUVIANS HAVE MUCH to celebrate in regards to the rapid progress the country has made in reducing malnutrition. In 2013, only 3.5 percent of children under five years of age in Peru were underweight. Even smaller proportions— 0.5 percent and 0.1 percent—were moderately or severely wasted. But the statistic that many nutritionists point to when lauding the country as a nutrition success is Peru’s rate of childhood stunting (Figure 14.1). In 2014, 14.6 percent of children under five years of age were stunted. While this rate is not as low as the country’s other nutrition indicators, it reflects a remarkable improvement. Less than a decade earlier, the prevalence was twice as high (29.5 percent).4 How was this rapid progress achieved—not only at a national level, but across all of Peru’s diverse regions, even poor rural ones including the Andean Highlands, and even amongst the poorest 20 percent of the population? 2016-06-23 2023-11-10T08:55:22Z 2023-11-10T08:55:22Z Presentation https://hdl.handle.net/10568/133297 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_14 Open Access application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | health nutrition poverty developing countries countries sanitation malnutrition education Yosef, Sivan Goulden, Jay Chapter 14: Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey [Nourishing Millions] |
| title | Chapter 14: Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey [Nourishing Millions] |
| title_full | Chapter 14: Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey [Nourishing Millions] |
| title_fullStr | Chapter 14: Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey [Nourishing Millions] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chapter 14: Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey [Nourishing Millions] |
| title_short | Chapter 14: Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey [Nourishing Millions] |
| title_sort | chapter 14 commitments and accountability peru s unique nutrition journey nourishing millions |
| topic | health nutrition poverty developing countries countries sanitation malnutrition education |
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