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Poor dietary quality is Nigeria’s key nutrition problem por Ecker, Olivier, Comstock, Andrew R., Babatunde, Raphael O., Andam, Kwaw S.

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Addressing a neglected problem: Community-based management of acute malnutrition por Hodge, Judith, White, Jessica

“…SAM is one of the top three nutrition-related causes of death in children under five according to the 2008 Maternal and Child Nutrition Lancet Series. A child with SAM is 11 times more likely to die than a well-nourished child. …”
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How nutrition improves: Half a century of understanding and responding to the problem of malnutrition por Gillespie, Stuart, Harris, Jody

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Hidden hunger: A global problem with local solutions por Ulimwengu, John M., Domgho, Léa Magne, Collins, Julia, Badiane, Ousmane

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Transdisciplinary weed research: new leverage on challenging weed problems? por Jordan, N., Schut, Marc, Graham, S., Barney, J.N., Childs, D.Z., Christensen, S., Cousens, R.D., Davis, A.S., Eizenberg, H., Ervin, D.E., Fernández Quintanilla, C., Harrison, L.J., Harsch, M.A., Heijting, S., Liebman, M., Loddo, D., Mirsky, S.B., Riemens, M., Neve, P., Peltzer, D.A., Renton, M., Williams, M., Recasens, J., Sonderskov, M.

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Child malnutrition in Nigeria: Evidence from Kwara State por Kuku-Shittu, Oluyemisi, Onabanjo, Oluseye, Fadare, Olusegun, Oyeyemi, Motunrayo

“…Significant variations exist in the level of child and maternal malnutrition across rural/urban settings, geopolitical zones, and agro-ecological bands in Nigeria. …”
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Growing up together: Cohort composition and child investment por Jones, Kelly M.

“…In sub-Saharan Africa, 60 % of child deaths are preventable by investments in child health as simple as immunizations, bed nets, or water purification. …”
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Remoteness, urbanization and child nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa por Headey, Derek D., Stifel, David, You, Liangzhi, Guo, Zhe

“…Yet despite broad agreement on the multisectoral nature of the global burden of undernutrition, relatively little research has analyzed how different dimensions of accessibility, such as urbanization and travel times to urban centers, affect child nutrition and dietary outcomes. In this paper we study these relationships in sub-Saharan Africa, a highly rural continent still severely hindered by remoteness problems. …”
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Remoteness, urbanization, and child nutrition in sub‐Saharan Africa por Headey, Derek D., Stifel, David, You, Liangzhi, Guo, Zhe

“…Rural populations face a much higher burden of child undernutrition than urban populations, especially in sub‐Saharan Africa, a continent where many households still live in remote rural areas. …”
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Various forms of double burden of malnutrition problems exist in rural Kenya por Fongar, A., Gödecke, T., Qaim, M.

“…DB at the household level is defined as an overweight/obese adult and an undernourished child living in the same household, using underweight, stunting, wasting, and micronutrient deficiency as indicators of child undernutrition. …”
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Reducing child wasting through integrated prevention and treatment in Mali por Huybregts, Lieven, Diop, Loty, Diatta, Ampa Dogui, Fall, Talla, Ouedraogo, Moctar, Barba, Francisco, Sawadogo, Abdoulaye, Becquey, Elodie

“…Wasting is a persistent public health problem affecting 45.4 million children under five years of age worldwide. …”
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Measuring child labor: Comparisons between hours data and subjective measures por Dillon, Andrew

“…Second, the subjective child labor module scales responses to elicit the relative distribution of the shares of children’s time without relying on hours data which are prone to severe outlier problems. …”
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Accelerating progress toward reducing child malnutrition in India: A concept for action por von Braun, Joachim, Ruel, Marie T., Gulati, Ashok

“…All of these programs have potential, but they do not form a comprehensive nutrition strategy, and they have not addressed the nutrition problem effectively so far.; 3. Strategic choices for improved child nutrition India lacks a comprehensive nutrition strategy. …”
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Optimizing food-assistance programs: Food assistance improves child growth in Burundi por Leroy, Jef L., Olney, Deanna K., Ruel, Marie T., Brown, Tracy

“…Food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition (FA-MCHN) programs have long been used to address hunger and hunger-related problems. …”
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The coexistence of child undernutrition and maternal overweight: : Prevalence, hypotheses, and programme and policy implications por Garrett, James L., Ruel, Marie T.

“…The purpose of this paper is to document the prevalence of the phenomenon of the coexistence of a stunted child and an overweight mother (SCOWT) in the same household in low‐ and middle‐income countries. …”
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SPIR II Group Problem Management Plus (gPM+) Baseline Survey in Tigray, Ethiopia por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…This study's objective is to evaluate the effectiveness of a low-cost psychotherapy intervention, group Problem Management Plus (gPM+), in improving mental health, child development, and related outcomes among rural Ethiopian households. gPM+ was delivered in separate arms by government-employed Health Extension Workers (HEWs) or stipended Local Facilitators (LFs) engaged by an NGO. …”
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Community volunteers deliver integrated prevention and treatment services to reduce child wasting in Chad por Becquey, Elodie, Touré, Mariama, Djoufouna, Ahmed D., Barba, Francisco, Affenou, Aldo, Diatta, Ampa Dogui, Dione, Malick, Sawadogo, Abdoulaye, Huybregts, Lieven

“…Wasting is a persistent public health problem affecting 45 million children under five years of age worldwide. …”
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Maternal resources for care are associated with child growth and early childhood development in Bangladesh and Vietnam por Basnet, Sulochana, Frongillo, Edward A., Nguyen, Phuong Hong, Moore, Spencer, Arabi, Mandana

“…Background: Suboptimal child growth and development are significant problems in low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Chapter 5: Addressing a neglected problem: Community-based management of acute malnutrition [Nourishing Millions] por Hodge, Judith, White, Jessica

“…SAM is one of the top three nutrition-related causes of death in children under five according to the 2008 Maternal and Child Nutrition Lancet Series. A child with SAM is 11 times more likely to die than a well-nourished child. …”
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Conditional cash transfers and their impact on child work and schooling: evidence from the PROGRESA program in Mexico por Skoufias, Emmanuel, Parker, Susan W.

“…In this paper we investigate whether a conditional cash transfer program such as the Programa Nacional de Educación, Salud y Alimentación (PROGRESA) can simultaneously combat the problems of low school attendance and child work. PROGRESA is a new program of the Mexican government aimed at alleviating extreme poverty in rural areas. …”
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