Stop stunting: Improving child feeding, women's nutrition and household sanitation in South Asia

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-11

  Aguayo, Víctor M ^a   Menon, Purnima ^b  

^a UNICEF   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child feeding; Household sanitation; South Asia; Stunting; Women's nutrition

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONCEPTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SANITATION; SOUTH ASIA; STUNTING; SURVIVAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; ASIA; CATERING SERVICE; DIET; FAMILY SIZE; GROWTH DISORDERS; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ASIA; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; SANITATION;

EID: 84968799867     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12283     Document Type: Article

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