Mitigating aflatoxin exposure to improve child growth in eastern Kenya
An estimated 165 million children worldwide under age five have stunted growth (Black et al., 2013). Growth retardation in young children is associated with delays in cognitive development, lower school achievement, and lower earnings in adulthood. Data from the 2008-2009 De-mographic and Health Sur...
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| author | Hoffmann, Vivian Jones, Kelly M. Leroy, Jef L. |
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| description | An estimated 165 million children worldwide under age five have stunted growth (Black et al., 2013). Growth retardation in young children is associated with delays in cognitive development, lower school achievement, and lower earnings in adulthood. Data from the 2008-2009 De-mographic and Health Survey in Kenya suggest that 35 per-cent of children under age five in Kenya are stunted. What is intriguing is that the same data show that the former Eastern Province of Kenya has less poverty and lower prevalence of childhood illness than five of the other seven provinces in the country (KNBS and ICF Macro, 2010), yet stunting in this region is 20% higher than the national average. This suggests factors beyond poverty and illness are in affecting child growth here. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1498732025-11-06T07:44:17Z Mitigating aflatoxin exposure to improve child growth in eastern Kenya Hoffmann, Vivian Jones, Kelly M. Leroy, Jef L. mycotoxins health food stocks storage child health stunting malnutrition aflatoxins nutrition children child growth An estimated 165 million children worldwide under age five have stunted growth (Black et al., 2013). Growth retardation in young children is associated with delays in cognitive development, lower school achievement, and lower earnings in adulthood. Data from the 2008-2009 De-mographic and Health Survey in Kenya suggest that 35 per-cent of children under age five in Kenya are stunted. What is intriguing is that the same data show that the former Eastern Province of Kenya has less poverty and lower prevalence of childhood illness than five of the other seven provinces in the country (KNBS and ICF Macro, 2010), yet stunting in this region is 20% higher than the national average. This suggests factors beyond poverty and illness are in affecting child growth here. 2014 2024-08-01T02:50:08Z 2024-08-01T02:50:08Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149873 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153570 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hoffmann, Vivian; Jones, Kelly M.; Leroy, Jef L. 2014. Mitigating aflatoxing exposure to improve child growth in eastern Kenya. MTID Project Spotlight 2. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149873 |
| spellingShingle | mycotoxins health food stocks storage child health stunting malnutrition aflatoxins nutrition children child growth Hoffmann, Vivian Jones, Kelly M. Leroy, Jef L. Mitigating aflatoxin exposure to improve child growth in eastern Kenya |
| title | Mitigating aflatoxin exposure to improve child growth in eastern Kenya |
| title_full | Mitigating aflatoxin exposure to improve child growth in eastern Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Mitigating aflatoxin exposure to improve child growth in eastern Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mitigating aflatoxin exposure to improve child growth in eastern Kenya |
| title_short | Mitigating aflatoxin exposure to improve child growth in eastern Kenya |
| title_sort | mitigating aflatoxin exposure to improve child growth in eastern kenya |
| topic | mycotoxins health food stocks storage child health stunting malnutrition aflatoxins nutrition children child growth |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149873 |
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