Drivers of stunting reduction in the Kyrgyz Republic: A country case study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue , 2020, Pages 830S-843S

  Wigle, Jannah M ^a,b   Akseer, Nadia ^a,b   Mogilevskii, Roman ^c   Brar, Samanpreet ^a   Conway, Kaitlin ^a   Enikeeva, Zalina ^c   Iamshchikova, Mariia ^c   Islam, Muhammad ^a   Kirbasheva, Dilbara ^c   Rappaport, Aviva I ^a   Tasic, Hana ^a   Vaivada, Tyler ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b,d  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ASIA   (Tajikistan)

^d AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Central asia; Children; Exemplar; Kyrgyz republic; Linear growth; Mixed methods; Nutrition; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; EDUCATION; FATHER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MIGRATION; POVERTY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STUNTING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; GROWTH DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; COLLAPSE; COMMUNITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH EQUITY; HYGIENE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; RURAL AREA; SANITATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; INFANT; KYRGYZSTAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85091126001     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa120     Document Type: Article

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