Animal Sourced Foods and Child Stunting
Headey D, Hirvonen K, Hoddinott J
American journal of agricultural economics · 158 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cross-sectional study (classified by our AI screen)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
- Intake measured by
- Not stated
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Independent funding
- Nonprofit
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Government
- Australian Renewable Energy Agency
- Nonprofit
- Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers
- Grants
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1177007); Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1112307); Australian Renewable Energy Agency (OPP1177007)
Based on 3 listed funder(s).
Publication
- Published
- 2018-06-11 · Am J Agric Econ · vol. 100 · issue 5 · pp. 1302–1319
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Cited
- 384 citations · more than 100% of similar papers · 19.8× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 51 works
- Access
- Open access (hybrid journal) · CC-BY
- Research areas
- Child Nutrition and Water Access · Energy and Environment Impacts · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Keywords
- Redress, Consumption (sociology), Agriculture, Socioeconomic status, Calorie, Economics, Agricultural economics, Business, Environmental health, Geography, Political science, Biology, Medicine, Social science, Sociology
3 authors
From US
- Derek HeadeyInternational Food Policy Research Institute
- Kalle HirvonenInternational Food Policy Research Institute
- John Frederick HoddinottCornell University
Abstract
Stunting affects 160 million pre-school children globally with adverse life-long consequences. While work within nutritional science suggests that stunting in early childhood is associated with low intakes of animal-sourced foods (ASFs), this topic has received little attention from economists. We attempt to redress this omission through an analysis of 130,432 children aged 6-23 months from 49 countries. We document distinctive patterns of ASF consumption among children in different regions. We find evidence of strong associations between stunting and a generic ASF consumption indicator, as well as dairy, meat/fish, and egg consumption indicators, and evidence that consuming multiple ASFs is more advantageous than any single ASF. We explore why ASF consumption is low but also so variable across countries. Non-tradable ASFs (fresh milk, eggs) are a very expensive source of calories in low-income countries and caloric prices of these foods are strongly associated with children's consumption patterns. Other demand-side factors are also important, but the strong influence of prices implies an important role for agricultural policies-in production, marketing and trade-to improve the accessibility and affordability of ASFs in poorer countries.
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