Malnutrition and Poverty in Guatemala
The objective of this paper is to document the extent, and distribution of child, and adult malnutrition in Guatemala; to analyze the relationship between selected child, maternal, household and community characteristics, and children's nutrit...
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okr-10986-191892021-04-23T14:03:42Z Malnutrition and Poverty in Guatemala Marini, Alessandra Gragnolati, Michele ACUTE MALNUTRITION AGED ANEMIA BIRTH CONTROL BIRTH INTERVALS BIRTH WEIGHT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT BREASTFEEDING CHILD GROWTH CHILD GROWTH MONITORING CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD NUTRITION CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLIMATE CONTRACEPTIVE USE DETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITION DIARRHEA DIET DIETS EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FATHERS FATS FEEDING PROGRAMS FLOUR FOLIC ACID FOOD PRODUCTION GENDER HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS INFANT MORTALITY INFANTS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IODINE IRON LIVING CONDITIONS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION RATES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICATION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MICRONUTRIENTS MILD MALNUTRITION MORTALITY MOTHERS NUTRIENTS NUTRITION PROBLEMS NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBESITY OVERNUTRITION PARENTS POOR CHILDREN POPULATION GROWTH PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCTIVITY PROTEIN RADIO RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS SANITATION SIBLINGS SOCIAL EXCLUSION STUNTED CHILDREN STUNTING SUGAR UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN UNDERWEIGHT RATES VITAMIN A WASTING WORLD FOOD PROGRAM The objective of this paper is to document the extent, and distribution of child, and adult malnutrition in Guatemala; to analyze the relationship between selected child, maternal, household and community characteristics, and children's nutritional status; and, to outline the implications of the most important findings for nutritional policy. The prevalence of chronic malnutrition among Guatemalan children in 2000, was the highest in Latin America, and among the highest in the world. The data show very strong socioeconomic, and geographic inequality. The econometric analysis reveals a strong impact of income, and of inter-generational effects. Education of adults in the household, and the availability of infrastructure, are other important determinants of children's growth attainment. Finally, even controlling for income, and other household and community characteristics, ethnicity remains an important determinant of child nutritional status. The study also reveals an increasing prevalence of excess weights, and obesity among children and adults. Over-nutrition tends to be higher among individuals living in urban areas, and among non-poor, and non-indigenous households. 2014-08-01T17:00:28Z 2014-08-01T17:00:28Z 2003-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2133599/malnutrition-poverty-guatemala http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19189 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2967 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Guatemala |
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ACUTE MALNUTRITION AGED ANEMIA BIRTH CONTROL BIRTH INTERVALS BIRTH WEIGHT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT BREASTFEEDING CHILD GROWTH CHILD GROWTH MONITORING CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD NUTRITION CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLIMATE CONTRACEPTIVE USE DETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITION DIARRHEA DIET DIETS EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FATHERS FATS FEEDING PROGRAMS FLOUR FOLIC ACID FOOD PRODUCTION GENDER HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS INFANT MORTALITY INFANTS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IODINE IRON LIVING CONDITIONS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION RATES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICATION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MICRONUTRIENTS MILD MALNUTRITION MORTALITY MOTHERS NUTRIENTS NUTRITION PROBLEMS NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBESITY OVERNUTRITION PARENTS POOR CHILDREN POPULATION GROWTH PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCTIVITY PROTEIN RADIO RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS SANITATION SIBLINGS SOCIAL EXCLUSION STUNTED CHILDREN STUNTING SUGAR UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN UNDERWEIGHT RATES VITAMIN A WASTING WORLD FOOD PROGRAM |
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ACUTE MALNUTRITION AGED ANEMIA BIRTH CONTROL BIRTH INTERVALS BIRTH WEIGHT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT BREASTFEEDING CHILD GROWTH CHILD GROWTH MONITORING CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD NUTRITION CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CLIMATE CONTRACEPTIVE USE DETERMINANTS OF MALNUTRITION DIARRHEA DIET DIETS EARLY CHILDHOOD FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FATHERS FATS FEEDING PROGRAMS FLOUR FOLIC ACID FOOD PRODUCTION GENDER HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS INFANT MORTALITY INFANTS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IODINE IRON LIVING CONDITIONS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION RATES MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICATION MICRONUTRIENT SUPPLEMENTATION MICRONUTRIENTS MILD MALNUTRITION MORTALITY MOTHERS NUTRIENTS NUTRITION PROBLEMS NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBESITY OVERNUTRITION PARENTS POOR CHILDREN POPULATION GROWTH PREGNANT WOMEN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRODUCTIVITY PROTEIN RADIO RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS SANITATION SIBLINGS SOCIAL EXCLUSION STUNTED CHILDREN STUNTING SUGAR UNDERWEIGHT CHILDREN UNDERWEIGHT RATES VITAMIN A WASTING WORLD FOOD PROGRAM Marini, Alessandra Gragnolati, Michele Malnutrition and Poverty in Guatemala |
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The objective of this paper is to
document the extent, and distribution of child, and adult
malnutrition in Guatemala; to analyze the relationship
between selected child, maternal, household and community
characteristics, and children's nutritional status;
and, to outline the implications of the most important
findings for nutritional policy. The prevalence of chronic
malnutrition among Guatemalan children in 2000, was the
highest in Latin America, and among the highest in the
world. The data show very strong socioeconomic, and
geographic inequality. The econometric analysis reveals a
strong impact of income, and of inter-generational effects.
Education of adults in the household, and the availability
of infrastructure, are other important determinants of
children's growth attainment. Finally, even controlling
for income, and other household and community
characteristics, ethnicity remains an important determinant
of child nutritional status. The study also reveals an
increasing prevalence of excess weights, and obesity among
children and adults. Over-nutrition tends to be higher among
individuals living in urban areas, and among non-poor, and
non-indigenous households. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Marini, Alessandra Gragnolati, Michele |
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Marini, Alessandra Gragnolati, Michele |
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Marini, Alessandra |
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Malnutrition and Poverty in Guatemala |
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Malnutrition and Poverty in Guatemala |
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Malnutrition and Poverty in Guatemala |
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Malnutrition and Poverty in Guatemala |
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Malnutrition and Poverty in Guatemala |
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malnutrition and poverty in guatemala |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2133599/malnutrition-poverty-guatemala http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19189 |
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