Getting to specifics: Bangladesh’s evolving nutrition policies

REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN welfare and human development indicators in Bangladesh—including a notable reduction in the poverty headcount—have accompanied recent economic growth.1 Some aspects of nutrition have been part of this success story. For example, the percentage of underweight children decli...

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Autores principales: Davis, Peter, Nisbett, Nicholas, Akhtar, Nazneen, Yosef, Sivan
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Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147698
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author Davis, Peter
Nisbett, Nicholas
Akhtar, Nazneen
Yosef, Sivan
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description REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN welfare and human development indicators in Bangladesh—including a notable reduction in the poverty headcount—have accompanied recent economic growth.1 Some aspects of nutrition have been part of this success story. For example, the percentage of underweight children declined by 1.1 percent per year and stunting rates declined by 1.3 percent per year between 1997 and 2007.2 And this trend has continued, with rates of child stunting falling to 36 percent in 2014 (Figure 12.1). Other countries may have experienced shorter, quicker reductions, but the Bangladesh story reflects “one of the fastest prolonged reductions in child underweight and stunting prevalence in recorded history.
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spelling CGSpace1476982025-11-06T04:14:59Z Getting to specifics: Bangladesh’s evolving nutrition policies Davis, Peter Nisbett, Nicholas Akhtar, Nazneen Yosef, Sivan 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 REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN welfare and human development indicators in Bangladesh—including a notable reduction in the poverty headcount—have accompanied recent economic growth.1 Some aspects of nutrition have been part of this success story. For example, the percentage of underweight children declined by 1.1 percent per year and stunting rates declined by 1.3 percent per year between 1997 and 2007.2 And this trend has continued, with rates of child stunting falling to 36 percent in 2014 (Figure 12.1). Other countries may have experienced shorter, quicker reductions, but the Bangladesh story reflects “one of the fastest prolonged reductions in child underweight and stunting prevalence in recorded history. 2016-06-15 2024-06-21T09:23:11Z 2024-06-21T09:23:11Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147698 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Davis, Peter; Nisbett, Nicholas; Akhtar, Nazneen; and Yosef, Sivan. 2016. Getting to specifics: Bangladesh’s evolving nutrition policies. In Nourishing millions: Stories of change in nutrition. Gillespie, Stuart; Hodge, Judith; Yosef, Sivan; and Pandya-Lorch, Rajul (Eds.) Ch. 12 Pp. 107-117. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_12.
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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
Davis, Peter
Nisbett, Nicholas
Akhtar, Nazneen
Yosef, Sivan
Getting to specifics: Bangladesh’s evolving nutrition policies
title Getting to specifics: Bangladesh’s evolving nutrition policies
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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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