Drivers of stunting reduction in Peru: A country case study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue , 2020, Pages 816S-829S

  Huicho, Luis ^a   Vidal Cárdenas, Elisa ^a   Akseer, Nadia ^b,c   Brar, Samanpreet ^b   Conway, Kaitlin ^b   Islam, Muhammad ^b   Juarez, Elisa ^d   Rappaport, Aviva ^b   Tasic, Hana ^b   Vaivada, Tyler ^b   Wigle, Jannah ^b,c   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Center for the Promotion and Defense of Sexual and Reproductive Rights   (Peru)

^e AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Children; Exemplar; Latin america; Linear growth; Mixed methods; Nutrition; Peru; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MATERNAL CARE; MIGRATION; MOTHER; NEWBORN CARE; PERU; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; STUNTING; SUBFERTILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URBAN AREA; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; DEMOCRACY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; INTERVIEW; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; POLITICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; GROWTH DISORDER; INFANT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PERU; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 85089383626     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa164     Document Type: Article

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