Women's empowerment is an indicator of social change and a priority of the Sustainable
Development Goals. Debate continues on what domains constitute women's empowerment …

India has the world's highest number of undernourished children and the largest school
feeding program, the Mid-Day Meal (MDM) scheme. As school feeding programs target …

Background Growth faltering largely occurs in the first 23 months after birth and is thought to
be largely determined by various harmful or protective socioeconomic conditions. Children …

When shocks strike they have an immediate and direct impact on life, income, and assets.
This review does not aim to quantify these losses but rather to quantify the welfare gain to …

Background The causes of early childhood linear growth faltering (known as stunting) in low-
income and middle-income countries remain inadequately understood. We aimed to …

Climatic variability affects many underlying determinants of child malnutrition, including food
availability, access, and utilization. Evidence of the effects of changing temperatures and …

Introduction Reducing stunting is an important part of the global health agenda. Despite
likely changes in risk factors as children age, determinants of stunting are typically analysed …

A large literature has used children's birthdays to identify exposure to shocks and estimate
their impacts on later outcomes. Using height-for-age z scores (HAZ) for more than 990,000 …

Background Evidence on the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-
LNSs) on early child growth and development is mixed. Objective This study assessed the …

Background Undernutrition among children under 5 years of age continues to be a public
health challenge in many low-and middle-income countries and can lead to growth stunting …