Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey
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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| author | Yosef, Sivan Goulden, Jay |
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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 | CGSpace1464942025-11-06T03:53:47Z Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey Yosef, Sivan Goulden, Jay maternal and child health education infants health nutrition policies agricultural policies agricultural research social protection water stunting agriculture micronutrient deficiencies malnutrition nutrition trace elements infant feeding developing countries children hygiene social safety nets resilience obesity wasting disease 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? 2016-06-15 2024-06-21T09:07:15Z 2024-06-21T09:07:15Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146494 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Yosef, Sivan and Goulden, Jay. 2016. Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey. In Nourishing millions: Stories of change in nutrition. Gillespie, Stuart; Hodge, Judith; Yosef, Sivan; and Pandya-Lorch, Rajul (Eds.) Ch. 14 Pp. 125-132. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_14. |
| spellingShingle | maternal and child health education infants health nutrition policies agricultural policies agricultural research social protection water stunting agriculture micronutrient deficiencies malnutrition nutrition trace elements infant feeding developing countries children hygiene social safety nets resilience obesity wasting disease Yosef, Sivan Goulden, Jay Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey |
| title | Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey |
| title_full | Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey |
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| title_short | Commitments and accountability: Peru’s unique nutrition journey |
| title_sort | commitments and accountability peru s unique nutrition journey |
| topic | maternal and child health education infants health nutrition policies agricultural policies agricultural research social protection water stunting agriculture micronutrient deficiencies malnutrition nutrition trace elements infant feeding developing countries children hygiene social safety nets resilience obesity wasting disease |
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