Nutritional Status and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has had an aggregate malnutrition rate of nearly 30 percent for the last decade. While malnutrition prevalence has decreased significantly in most other developing countries in the last decade, it has been nearly static for...
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okr-10986-98992021-04-23T14:02:47Z Nutritional Status and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa Sahn, David E. Alderman, H. ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADEQUATE CALORIES CLEAN DRINKING WATER DIET ECONOMIC GROWTH FAMINE FOOD PROCESSING FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME INFECTION LIVING STANDARDS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION RATES MEAT MILK NUTRITIONAL STATUS POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY REDUCTION PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION RURAL RURAL AREAS SANITATION STUNTING VEGETABLES WASTING Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has had an aggregate malnutrition rate of nearly 30 percent for the last decade. While malnutrition prevalence has decreased significantly in most other developing countries in the last decade, it has been nearly static for SSA. This static trend in the percentage of malnourished children, however, does not fully reflect the rapidly rising numbers of malnourished children given SSA's high population growth rate. The LSMS/ISs, or (Living Standards Measurement Survey/ Integrated Survey) and PSs (Priority Survey) over the last decade provide for the first time data to undertake a more comprehensive analysis of the factors that could affect malnutrition in selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on LSMS data, determinants of malnutrition are investigated for Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. Both studies find that household expenditure plays an important role in improving the preschool-age children's long-term nutritional indicator status (height-for-age), but not the short-term nutritional indicator status (weight-for-height). Nutritional studies have found that linear (height-for-age) growth and ponderal (weight-for-height) growth have different nutritional requirements. Just as overall dietary inadequacy (also called protein-energy malnutrition) causes stunting, so does deficiency in any of a large number of micronutrients. Micronutrients are concentrated in specific foods and are low or absent in staple grains and legumes. Since the specific foods are often more expensive than staples, stunting and wasting may be affected differently by income. The purpose here is to review the evidence for this proposition using available data from SSA countries. 2012-08-13T09:49:50Z 2012-08-13T09:49:50Z 1998-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/04/12866197/nutritional-status-poverty-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9899 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 108 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa |
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ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADEQUATE CALORIES CLEAN DRINKING WATER DIET ECONOMIC GROWTH FAMINE FOOD PROCESSING FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME INFECTION LIVING STANDARDS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION RATES MEAT MILK NUTRITIONAL STATUS POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY REDUCTION PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION RURAL RURAL AREAS SANITATION STUNTING VEGETABLES WASTING |
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ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ADEQUATE CALORIES CLEAN DRINKING WATER DIET ECONOMIC GROWTH FAMINE FOOD PROCESSING FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME INFECTION LIVING STANDARDS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MALNUTRITION RATES MEAT MILK NUTRITIONAL STATUS POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY REDUCTION PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION RURAL RURAL AREAS SANITATION STUNTING VEGETABLES WASTING Sahn, David E. Alderman, H. Nutritional Status and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has had an
aggregate malnutrition rate of nearly 30 percent for the
last decade. While malnutrition prevalence has decreased
significantly in most other developing countries in the last
decade, it has been nearly static for SSA. This static trend
in the percentage of malnourished children, however, does
not fully reflect the rapidly rising numbers of malnourished
children given SSA's high population growth rate. The
LSMS/ISs, or (Living Standards Measurement Survey/
Integrated Survey) and PSs (Priority Survey) over the last
decade provide for the first time data to undertake a more
comprehensive analysis of the factors that could affect
malnutrition in selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Based on LSMS data, determinants of malnutrition are
investigated for Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. Both studies
find that household expenditure plays an important role in
improving the preschool-age children's long-term
nutritional indicator status (height-for-age), but not the
short-term nutritional indicator status (weight-for-height).
Nutritional studies have found that linear (height-for-age)
growth and ponderal (weight-for-height) growth have
different nutritional requirements. Just as overall dietary
inadequacy (also called protein-energy malnutrition) causes
stunting, so does deficiency in any of a large number of
micronutrients. Micronutrients are concentrated in specific
foods and are low or absent in staple grains and legumes.
Since the specific foods are often more expensive than
staples, stunting and wasting may be affected differently by
income. The purpose here is to review the evidence for this
proposition using available data from SSA countries. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Sahn, David E. Alderman, H. |
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Sahn, David E. Alderman, H. |
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Sahn, David E. |
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Nutritional Status and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Nutritional Status and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Nutritional Status and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Nutritional Status and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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Nutritional Status and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa |
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nutritional status and poverty in sub-saharan africa |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1998/04/12866197/nutritional-status-poverty-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9899 |
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