Livestock production, animal source food intake, and young child growth: The role of gender for ensuring nutrition impacts

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-21

  Jin, Minchao ^a   Iannotti, Lora L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal source foods; Female ownership productive wealth; Kenya; Livestock production; Young child nutrition

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUTRITION;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING;

KENYA;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL SOURCE FOODS; FEMALE OWNERSHIP PRODUCTIVE WEALTH; KENYA; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; YOUNG CHILD NUTRITION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OWNERSHIP; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84896901050     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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