The global food price crisis threatens to cause a global nutrition crisis: New evidence from 1.27 million young children on the effects of inflation
Frequent food crises with spiking prices have become the new normal in the 21st century, bringing urgency to the task of understanding their nutritional impacts on poor and food insecure populations. In a new analysis of 1.27 million children in 44 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), we show t...
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| author | Headey, Derek D. Ruel, Marie T. |
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| description | Frequent food crises with spiking prices have become the new normal in the 21st century, bringing urgency to the task of understanding their nutritional impacts on poor and food insecure populations. In a new analysis of 1.27 million children in 44 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), we show that exposure to food inflation in the womb and first years of life is associated with greater risks of child wasting in the short run and stunting in the long run. Food inflation also poses larger wasting risks for children of poor and landless rural households, exacerbating existing inequalities. These results show the urgency of policies focused on improving maternal and young child nutrition, and the importance of broadening actions to reduce food price volatility and boost access to nutritious foods. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1401102025-11-06T04:10:39Z The global food price crisis threatens to cause a global nutrition crisis: New evidence from 1.27 million young children on the effects of inflation Headey, Derek D. Ruel, Marie T. maternal and child health rural population child wasting shock policies war coronavirus covid-19 agriculture markets nutrition trade coronavirinae russia food security ukraine conflicts coronavirus disease poverty prices climate change Frequent food crises with spiking prices have become the new normal in the 21st century, bringing urgency to the task of understanding their nutritional impacts on poor and food insecure populations. In a new analysis of 1.27 million children in 44 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), we show that exposure to food inflation in the womb and first years of life is associated with greater risks of child wasting in the short run and stunting in the long run. Food inflation also poses larger wasting risks for children of poor and landless rural households, exacerbating existing inequalities. These results show the urgency of policies focused on improving maternal and young child nutrition, and the importance of broadening actions to reduce food price volatility and boost access to nutritious foods. 2023-07-11 2024-03-14T12:08:56Z 2024-03-14T12:08:56Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140110 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/global-food-price-crisis-threatens-cause-global-nutrition-crisis-new-evidence-127-million Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Headey, Derek D.; and Ruel, Marie T. 2023. The global food price crisis threatens to cause a global nutrition crisis: New evidence from 1.27 million young children on the effects of inflation. In The Russia-Ukraine Conflict and Global Food Security, eds. Joseph Glauber and David Laborde Debucquet. Section Two: Policy Recommendations, Chapter 15, Pp. 77-80. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294394_15. |
| spellingShingle | maternal and child health rural population child wasting shock policies war coronavirus covid-19 agriculture markets nutrition trade coronavirinae russia food security ukraine conflicts coronavirus disease poverty prices climate change Headey, Derek D. Ruel, Marie T. The global food price crisis threatens to cause a global nutrition crisis: New evidence from 1.27 million young children on the effects of inflation |
| title | The global food price crisis threatens to cause a global nutrition crisis: New evidence from 1.27 million young children on the effects of inflation |
| title_full | The global food price crisis threatens to cause a global nutrition crisis: New evidence from 1.27 million young children on the effects of inflation |
| title_fullStr | The global food price crisis threatens to cause a global nutrition crisis: New evidence from 1.27 million young children on the effects of inflation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The global food price crisis threatens to cause a global nutrition crisis: New evidence from 1.27 million young children on the effects of inflation |
| title_short | The global food price crisis threatens to cause a global nutrition crisis: New evidence from 1.27 million young children on the effects of inflation |
| title_sort | global food price crisis threatens to cause a global nutrition crisis new evidence from 1 27 million young children on the effects of inflation |
| topic | maternal and child health rural population child wasting shock policies war coronavirus covid-19 agriculture markets nutrition trade coronavirinae russia food security ukraine conflicts coronavirus disease poverty prices climate change |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140110 |
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