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Assessing the performance of the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instruments (CREDI) in rural India by Alderman, Harold, Friedman, Jed, Ganga, Paula, Kak, Mohini, Rubio‐Codina, Marta

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The effect of comprehensive intervention for childhood obesity on dietary diversity among younger children: Evidence from a school-based randomized controlled trial in China by Xu, Haiquan, Ecker, Olivier, Zhang, Qian, Du, Songming, Liu, Ailing, Li, Yanping, Chen, Kevin Z.

“…Little evidence from developing countries on dietary transition demonstrates the effects of comprehensive childhood obesity interventions on dietary diversity and food variety among younger children. …”
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Cohort profile: The WHO Child Mortality Risk Stratification Multi-Country Pooled Cohort (WHO-CMRS) to identify predictors of mortality through early childhood by Schwinger, Catherine, Kaldenbach, Siri, Berkley, James A, Walson, Judd L, Argaw, Alemayehu, Chowdhury, Ranadip, Strand, Tor A., Rollins, Nigel, WHO Risk Stratification Working Group, Becquey, Elodie, Huybregts, Lieven, Leroy, Jef L., Olney, Deanna K., Ruel, Marie T.

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Mary D'Alimonte, Case Study, "How Evidence Informs Decision-Making: The Scale-Up of Nutrition Actions Through an Early Childhood Development Platform in Malawi" by D'Alimonte, Mary

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Investigating market-based opportunities for the provision of nutritious and safe diets to prevent childhood stunting: a UKRI-GCRF action against stunting hub protocol paper by Cooper, G.S., Davies-Kershaw, H., Dominguez-Salas, Paula, Fahmida, U., Faye, B., Ferguson, E., Grace, Delia, Häsler, B.N., Kadiyala, S., Konapur, A., Kulkarni, B., Prakashbabu, B.C., Pramesthi, I.L., Rowland, D., Selvaraj, K., Sudibya, A.R.P., Tine, R.C., Yadav, D.M.D., Zahra, N.L., Shankar, B., Heffernan, C.

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Maternal preconception body size and early childhood growth during prenatal and postnatal periods are positively associated with child-attained body size at age 6–7 years: Results from a follow-up of the PRECONCEPT trial by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Young, Melissa F., Khương, Long Quỳnh, Tran, Lan Mai, Duong, Thai Hong

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Young mom, short kid: Examining social, biological and health and nutrition service factors linking adolescent pregnancy to early childhood undernutrition in India (P10-011-19) by Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Scott, Samuel P., Neupane, Sumanta, Tran, Lan Mai, Menon, Purnima

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District-level coverage of interventions in the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme during pregnancy, lactation and early childhood in India: Insights from the National Family Health Survey-4 by Avula, Rasmi, Sarswat, Esha, Chakrabarti, Suman, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Mathews, Pratima, Menon, Purnima

“…This Data Note describes the coverage of core ICDS interventions during pregnancy, lactation and early childhood at the district level in 2016, as seen in the National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4) data from 6401districts of India.…”
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A community-based early childhood development center platform promoting diversified diets and food production increases the mean probability of adequacy of intake of preschoolers in Malawi: A cluster randomized trial by Gelli, Aulo, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Santacroce, Marco, Twalibu, Aisha, Margolies, Amy, Katundu, Mangani

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Impact evaluation of a maternal and child cash transfer intervention, integrated with nutrition, early childhood development, and agriculture messaging (MAZIKO-IE): A study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial by The Maziko Trial Team, Gelli, Aulo, Duchoslav, Jan, Gladstone, Melissa, Gilligan, Daniel O., Katundu, Mangani, Maleta, Ken, Quisumbing, Agnes R., Bliznashka, Lilia, Ahun, Marilyn

“…Community-based childcare centres (CBCCs) can be cost-effective platforms for scaling-up early childhood development (ECD) and nutrition social behaviour change (SBC) interventions. …”
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Using a community-based early childhood development center as a platform to promote production and consumption diversity increases children's dietary intake and reduces stunting in Malawi: A cluster-randomized trial by Gelli, Aulo, Margolies, Amy, Santacroce, Marco, Roschnik, Natalie, Twalibu, Aisha, Katundu, Mangani, Moestue, Helen, Alderman, Harold, Ruel, Marie T.

“…This study evaluated the impact of a 1-y early childhood development (ECD) center–based agriculture and nutrition intervention aimed at improving household production diversity, maternal knowledge on child nutrition and feeding practices, and children's diets and anthropometric measures.…”
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Tracking Maternal and Child Anthropometric Outcomes, Early Childhood Development, Maternal Mental Health and Household Welfare in urban Yangon and rural Ayeyarwady: A Description of the 11th Round of The Rural-Urban Food Security Survey (RUFSS) conducted in October-November 2023 by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

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Home environment and nutritional status mitigate the wealth gap in child development: A longitudinal study in Vietnam by Tran, Lan Mai, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Young, Melissa F., Ramakrishnan, Usha, Alderman, Harold

“…Results: We found significant wealth gaps in cognitive development during early childhood (gaps between top and bottom quintiles: 0.5 SD); these gaps increased substantially in middle childhood (0.9 SD). …”
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What works for reducing stunting in low-income and middle-income countries? Cumulative learnings from the Global Stunting Exemplars Project by Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Islam, Muhammad, Gaffey, Michelle F., Victora, Cesar G., Menon, Purnima, Katz, Joanne, Horton, Susan E., Yearwood, Jamal, Black, Robert E.

“…In malarial endemic areas, malaria control programs were associated with improved childhood growth, and patterns of growth indicated continued benefits of childhood disease prevention and management strategies. …”
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Relationships between nurturing care, child growth in the First 2 Years and both cognitive development and academic achievement at 10–11 Years by Tran, Lan Mai, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Ramakrishnan, Usha, Young, Melissa F.

“…Objectives: Nurturing Care (NC) and growth during early childhood are critical for human capital formation, but less is known about the patterns and role of NC. …”
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Turning economic growth into nutrition-sensitive growth by Headey, Derek D.

“…There is a growing consensus that reducing childhood malnutrition is a critically important goal, but there is far less agreement on what strategies can best achieve the goal. …”
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Turning economic growth into nutrition-sensitive growth by Headey, Derek D.

“…There is a growing consensus that reducing childhood malnutrition is a critically important goal, but there is far less agreement on what strategies can best achieve the goal. …”
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Are data available for tracking progress on nutrition policies, programs, and outcomes in Pakistan? by Neupane, Sumanta, Jangid, Manita, Scott, Samuel P., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Kim, Sunny S., Murira, Zivai, Torlesse, Harriet, Menon, Purnima

“…Neither surveys nor administrative sources contained data on any actions aimed at adolescence, on energy and protein dietary supplements, on various types of counseling, on birth preparedness during pregnancy, or on optimal timing (delayed) of umbilical cord clamping; they also did not contain data on indicators related to newborn care, IFA supplementation around delivery and in the postpartum period, or counseling after growth monitoring during early childhood. The data gaps in population-based surveys on nutrition actions during early childhood were compensated for by the data on these nutrition actions that was available from administrative sources. …”
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The role of the state government, civil society and programmes across sectors in stunting reduction in Chhattisgarh, India, 2006–2016 by Kohli, Neha, Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Avula, Rasmi, Menon, Purnima

“…Childhood stunting has declined in India between 2006 and 2016, but not uniformly across all states. …”
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Sins of the fathers: The intergenerational legacy of the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine on children's cognitive development by Tan, Chih Ming, Tan, Zhibo, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…We find that daughters born to rural fathers who experienced the famine in early childhood score lower in major tests than sons, whereas children born to female survivors are not affected.…”
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