Economic growth has little impact on reducing undernutrition in children
A large study of child growth patterns in 36 developing countries published in The Lancet Global Health journal has found that, contrary to widely held beliefs, economic growth is at best associated with very small, and in some cases no declines in levels of stunting, underweight, and wasting.
March 27, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: child-growth, developing-countries, diet, economic-growth, health, lancet, lancet-global, large-study, nutrition / diet, some-cases, widely-held
Economic growth does not guarantee reduction in undernutrition, study finds
Widely held beliefs concerning the relationship of economic growth and the reduction of undernutrition in children have been challenged in a large study of child growth patterns in developing countries, published in The Lancet Global Health.Malnutrition causes the death of 2.6 million children worldwide each year. This amounts to 1 in 3 of all child deaths.
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