Reaching new heights: 20 years of nutrition progress in Nepal
DESPITE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC growth, South Asia remains notorious for its alarmingly high rates of undernutrition. This “Asian enigma” has long puzzled both researchers and policymakers. However, Nepal’s recent experience presents yet another enigma: a rapid reduction in maternal and child undernutr...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2016
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| author | Cunningham, Kenda Singh, Akriti Headey, Derek D. Pandey Rana, Pooja Karmacharya, Chandni |
| author_browse | Cunningham, Kenda Headey, Derek D. Karmacharya, Chandni Pandey Rana, Pooja Singh, Akriti |
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| description | DESPITE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC growth, South Asia remains notorious for its alarmingly high rates of undernutrition. This “Asian enigma” has long puzzled both researchers and policymakers. However, Nepal’s recent experience presents yet another enigma: a rapid reduction in maternal and child undernutrition during a period of civil war and prolonged political and economic instability. From 1996 to 2011, the prevalence of stunting among children under two years of age fell from 48 to 27 percent, and the prevalence of maternal underweight decreased from 28 to 20 percent. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1481902025-11-06T03:53:54Z Reaching new heights: 20 years of nutrition progress in Nepal Cunningham, Kenda Singh, Akriti Headey, Derek D. Pandey Rana, Pooja Karmacharya, Chandni 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 DESPITE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC growth, South Asia remains notorious for its alarmingly high rates of undernutrition. This “Asian enigma” has long puzzled both researchers and policymakers. However, Nepal’s recent experience presents yet another enigma: a rapid reduction in maternal and child undernutrition during a period of civil war and prolonged political and economic instability. From 1996 to 2011, the prevalence of stunting among children under two years of age fell from 48 to 27 percent, and the prevalence of maternal underweight decreased from 28 to 20 percent. 2016-06-15 2024-06-21T09:24:01Z 2024-06-21T09:24:01Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148190 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/133296 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Cunningham, Kenda; Singh, Akriti; Headey, Derek D.; Pandey Rana, Pooja; and Karmacharya, Chandni. 2016. Reaching new heights: 20 years of nutrition progress in Nepal. In Nourishing millions: Stories of change in nutrition. Gillespie, Stuart; Hodge, Judith; Yosef, Sivan; and Pandya-Lorch, Rajul (Eds.) Ch. 13 Pp. 115-123. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295889_13. |
| 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 Cunningham, Kenda Singh, Akriti Headey, Derek D. Pandey Rana, Pooja Karmacharya, Chandni Reaching new heights: 20 years of nutrition progress in Nepal |
| title | Reaching new heights: 20 years of nutrition progress in Nepal |
| title_full | Reaching new heights: 20 years of nutrition progress in Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Reaching new heights: 20 years of nutrition progress in Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reaching new heights: 20 years of nutrition progress in Nepal |
| title_short | Reaching new heights: 20 years of nutrition progress in Nepal |
| title_sort | reaching new heights 20 years of nutrition progress in nepal |
| 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 |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148190 |
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