Nutrition and equality: Brazil’s success in reducing stunting among the poorest
RAPID ADVANCES IN economic development and healthcare in Brazil have contributed to significant improvements in child health and nutrition in recent decades. Brazil met Millennium Development Goal 1—halving the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day and halving the proportion of peo...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2016
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| author | Keefe, Meagan |
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| description | RAPID ADVANCES IN economic development and healthcare in Brazil have contributed to significant improvements in child health and nutrition in recent decades. Brazil met Millennium Development Goal 1—halving the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day and halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, and Goal 4—reducing by two-thirds the under-five mortality rate. Beyond significant advances in reducing poverty and improving food and nutrition security throughout the country, Brazil has also been successful in reducing socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition. What lies behind this success? This case study examines the policies, approaches, and process that contributed to the reduction in child stunting and other key indicators of malnutrition. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1480632025-11-06T03:57:19Z Nutrition and equality: Brazil’s success in reducing stunting among the poorest Keefe, Meagan 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 RAPID ADVANCES IN economic development and healthcare in Brazil have contributed to significant improvements in child health and nutrition in recent decades. Brazil met Millennium Development Goal 1—halving the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day and halving the proportion of people who suffer from hunger, and Goal 4—reducing by two-thirds the under-five mortality rate. Beyond significant advances in reducing poverty and improving food and nutrition security throughout the country, Brazil has also been successful in reducing socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition. What lies behind this success? This case study examines the policies, approaches, and process that contributed to the reduction in child stunting and other key indicators of malnutrition. 2016-06-15 2024-06-21T09:23:46Z 2024-06-21T09:23:46Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148063 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Keefe, Meagan. 2016. Nutrition and equality: Brazil’s success in reducing stunting among the poorest. In Nourishing millions: Stories of change in nutrition. Gillespie, Stuart; Hodge, Judith; Yosef, Sivan; and Pandya-Lorch, Rajul (Eds.) Ch. 11 Pp. 99-105. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_11. |
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| title_sort | nutrition and equality brazil s success in reducing stunting among the poorest |
| 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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