Abstract:Conditional cash transfer (CT) and food voucher (FV) programs aim to improve child nutritional status. Our goals were: (1) to describe food group and macro‐ and micronutrient intakes of 315 Ngabe preschool children whose families participated in either a CT or a FV program and (2) to determine which foods or nutrients were associated with higher HAZ scores. We collected 3–4 24‐hr dietary recalls over 16 mo along with HAZ and measured chronicity of protozoan infection and GI nematode burden. Nutrient and food g… Show more
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