Urbanization in Latin America: constraints and opportunities for child feeding and care
The principal aim of this paper is to describe the socio-economic context in which the topic of processed complementary feeding in Latin America should be examined. Data from CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe) and from the Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) are used to review g...
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| description | The principal aim of this paper is to describe the socio-economic context in which the topic of processed complementary feeding in Latin America should be examined. Data from CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe) and from the Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) are used to review global trends in urban poverty and malnutrition in the region. The phenomena that are unique to urban life and that are likely to have an impact on child-care and feeding practices are reviewed using data from DHS for six Latin American countries. The issues examined include the higher levels of education and of labour force participation of urban women, the larger percentage of women who head households, and the potentially different family structure and social networks, which may affect the availability of substitute child care. Urban and rural differences in breastfeeding and complementary feeding patterns are also examined to improve our understanding of the potential constraints and opportunities for the promotion of processed complementary foods in Latin America. Programmatic issues that need to be considered in designing and targeting such interventions in largely urbanized Latin America are also discussed. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1567322024-10-25T01:14:39Z Urbanization in Latin America: constraints and opportunities for child feeding and care Ruel, Marie T. urbanization child feeding child care livelihoods urban programming The principal aim of this paper is to describe the socio-economic context in which the topic of processed complementary feeding in Latin America should be examined. Data from CEPAL (Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe) and from the Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) are used to review global trends in urban poverty and malnutrition in the region. The phenomena that are unique to urban life and that are likely to have an impact on child-care and feeding practices are reviewed using data from DHS for six Latin American countries. The issues examined include the higher levels of education and of labour force participation of urban women, the larger percentage of women who head households, and the potentially different family structure and social networks, which may affect the availability of substitute child care. Urban and rural differences in breastfeeding and complementary feeding patterns are also examined to improve our understanding of the potential constraints and opportunities for the promotion of processed complementary foods in Latin America. Programmatic issues that need to be considered in designing and targeting such interventions in largely urbanized Latin America are also discussed. 2000-01 2024-10-24T12:45:17Z 2024-10-24T12:45:17Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156732 en Limited Access application/pdf United Nations University Ruel, Marie T. 2000. Urbanization in Latin America: constraints and opportunities for child feeding and care. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. Special issue on processed complementary foods in Latin America 21(1): 12-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/156482650002100103 |
| spellingShingle | urbanization child feeding child care livelihoods urban programming Ruel, Marie T. Urbanization in Latin America: constraints and opportunities for child feeding and care |
| title | Urbanization in Latin America: constraints and opportunities for child feeding and care |
| title_full | Urbanization in Latin America: constraints and opportunities for child feeding and care |
| title_fullStr | Urbanization in Latin America: constraints and opportunities for child feeding and care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urbanization in Latin America: constraints and opportunities for child feeding and care |
| title_short | Urbanization in Latin America: constraints and opportunities for child feeding and care |
| title_sort | urbanization in latin america constraints and opportunities for child feeding and care |
| topic | urbanization child feeding child care livelihoods urban programming |
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