Food-security governance in India and Ethiopia: a comparative analysis

Petríková, Ivica

doi:10.1080/01436597.2018.1538734

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“…Distribution System (PDS). This national food subsidy programme was significantly expanded after the passing of India's National Food Security Act in 2013 and currently covers about two-thirds of India's population, allowing them to purchase a certain amount of cereals, oil, sugar, and sometimes pulses at highly subsidised prices every month (Kumar et al 2017, Petrikova 2018. However, the programme has not been found to increase the diversity of households' diets (Desai and Vanneman 2015) and hence likely does not strengthen children's nutrition security.…”

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“…initiation of complementary feeding after 6 months of age -to be associated with higher rates of stunting and other malnutrition outcomes amongst children (Bhutia 2014, Bukusuba et al 2017, Roche et al 2016, Shamim et al 2006, Teshome et al, 2009. Petrikova (2018), in a comparative analysis of India and Ethiopia, noted the much higher rate of late weaning in India as one potential cause of higher malnutrition prevalence amongst Indian than amongst Ethiopian children. There has been some disagreement in the studies about the ideal age to start the supplementation, however.…”

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The role of complementary feeding in India’s enigma of high child malnutrition rates: Findings from a comprehensive national study

Petríková

2020

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Relative to its economic growth and poverty levels, Indian children suffer from higher levels of malnutrition than children in most other low- or lower-middle-income countries. The current Covid-19 pandemic is likely to further exacerbate the situation. Research presented in this article has examined the effects of infant and young child feeding practices on the rates of stunting, underweight, wasting, and anaemia amongst Indian children and concluded that feeding children between 6 and 23 months old (semi)solid food of sufficient variety, and particularly animal-source foods, has a significant positive effect on their nutritional outcomes. The study further assessed the effects of the Integrated Child Development Services and district-level livestock ownership on the helpful feeding practices and found that the Integrated Child Development Services encouraged beneficial dietary behaviour amongst children but did not improve their nutritional outcomes. In contract, district-level poultry ownership appeared to have both augmented the beneficial feeding practices and improved children’s nutritional outcomes.

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The role of complementary feeding in India’s enigma of high child malnutrition rates: Findings from a comprehensive national study

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“…Specific to India, most studies concur that the majority of caregivers introduce children to semisolid complementary food too late (e.g. Jayant et al, 2010 ; Mishra et al, 2014 ), with one study finding the significantly higher rate of late weaning in India than in Ethiopia a likely partial cause of higher malnutrition prevalence among Indian than Ethiopian children (Petrikova, 2018 ).…”

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The role of complementary feeding in India’s high child malnutrition rates: findings from a comprehensive analysis of NFHS IV (2015–2016) data

Petríková

2021

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Relative to its economic growth and poverty levels, Indian children suffer from higher levels of malnutrition than children in many other low- and middle-income countries. Research presented in this article examined the links between infant and young child feeding practices among Indian children and their rates of stunting, underweight, wasting, and anaemia, with a particular focus on the types of semisolid complementary food consumed. It did so through a comprehensive analysis of data on more than 57,000 6-to-23-month-old children obtained from the nationally representative National Family Health Survey IV (2015–2016). One of the key findings was that especially feeding children animal-sourced and vitamin-A-rich food was associated with lower malnutrition rates. The study further interrogated whether livestock ownership and participation in the Integrated Child Development Services programme could be supportive of better complementary child feeding and concluded that daily food receipts from the programme and poultry ownership were indeed linked with significantly higher rates of children following the recommended feeding practices as well as with somewhat lower children’s malnutrition rates.

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“…Although infants and young children may be disproportionately affected by household food insecurity (1) , few studies in the USA have examined household food insecurity among this population. Notably, prior studies on household food insecurity among children aged 0-5 years have been conducted abroad in countries such as Bangladesh (9) , Ghana and Malawi (10) , India and Ethiopia (11) , the Democratic Republic of the Congo (12) , Uganda (13) and Mexico (14) . Prior studies from the USA have primarily…”

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Adverse childhood experiences and household food insecurity among children aged 0–5 years in the USA

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Objective: Although studies have examined the association between adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and health and mental health outcomes, few studies have investigated the association between ACE and household food insecurity among children aged 0–5 years in the USA. The objective of this study is to investigate the association between ACE and household food insecurity among children aged 0–5 years. Design: The data used in this study came from the 2016–2017 National Survey of Children’s Health. Data were analysed using multinomial logistic regression with household food insecurity as the outcome variable. Setting: United States. Participants: An analytic sample of 17 543 children aged 0–5 years (51·4% boys). Results: Of the 17 543 respondents, 83·7% experienced no childhood adversity. About one in twenty (4·8%) children experienced moderate-to-severe food insecurity. Controlling for other factors, children with one adverse childhood experience had 1·43 times the risk of mild food insecurity (95 % CI 1·25, 1·63) and 2·33 times the risk of moderate-to-severe food insecurity (95 % CI 1·84, 2·95). The risk of mild food insecurity among children with two or more ACE was 1·5 times higher (95 % CI 1·24, 1·81) and that of moderate-to-severe food insecurity was 3·96 times higher (95 % CI 3·01, 5·20), when compared with children with no childhood adversity. Conclusion: Given the critical period of development during the first few years of life, preventing ACE and food insecurity and early intervention in cases of adversity exposure is crucial to mitigate their negative impact on child development.

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Food-security governance in India and Ethiopia: a comparative analysis

Cited by 8 publications

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The role of complementary feeding in India’s enigma of high child malnutrition rates: Findings from a comprehensive national study

The role of complementary feeding in India’s enigma of high child malnutrition rates: Findings from a comprehensive national study

The role of complementary feeding in India’s high child malnutrition rates: findings from a comprehensive analysis of NFHS IV (2015–2016) data

Adverse childhood experiences and household food insecurity among children aged 0–5 years in the USA

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