Child Development And Nutrition In Nigeria

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Child Development And Nutrition In Nigeria

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Author : Tade Akin Aina
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992

Child Development And Nutrition In Nigeria written by Tade Akin Aina and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Child development categories.

Beyond Benign Neglect

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Author : Tade Akin Aina
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008

Beyond Benign Neglect written by Tade Akin Aina and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Family & Relationships categories.

The research and action programme titled Positive Deviance in Nutrition and Child Development has been sponsored through the Tufts University School of Nutrition by UNICEF New York and the Joint Nutrition Support Programme of the Italian Government and was carried out in three countries - Nicaragua, Indonesia, and Nigeria - over a period of four years. In each country, the project had three phases. Phase I was made up of field research. Phase II involved design of action programmes and materials based on the results of Phase I, while Phase III implemented the programmes designed by Phase II. The Nigerian collaborative project, entitled Child Development for the Computer Age, focusing on preschool children, was conducted in Lagos and Ogun States by the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos in conjunction with Tufts and as part of UNICEF's Child Development Project in Nigeria. This text presents results of the cross-sectional survey, ethnographic study and psychological testing conducted during Phase I of the Nigerian project. Concerned with the general theme of positive deviance in child development, it focused on early childhood education and development, nutritional practices and values, child rearing values and practices and the role and place of the social and cultural context in determining outcomes related to these variables. The study's engagement with the problem and process of transition (in the case of Nigeria, often partial or/and blocked transition) in social values, norms, institutions and practices around child development, early childhood education, nutrition and family relations have implications for work in gender relations, family, citizenship, HIV/AIDS, food security and adoption of, and adaptation to, new technologies and knowledge systems. The recognition of the relevance and currency of these issues informed this publication.

Child Malnutrition In Nigeria

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Author : Kuku-Shittu, Oluyemisi
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2016-08-10

Child Malnutrition In Nigeria written by Kuku-Shittu, Oluyemisi and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-10 with Political Science categories.

Poverty and a lack of awareness seem to be at the heart of the problem of childhood malnutrition in Nigeria. Until the socioeconomic status of the vast majority of Nigerians improves significantly, malnutrition will continue to pose a serious threat to the growth and development of Nigerian children and the future of national development. Significant variations exist in the level of child and maternal malnutrition across rural/urban settings, geopolitical zones, and agro-ecological bands in Nigeria. Malnutrition rates are higher among rural households who depend more on agriculture than on other sectors for their livelihoods. A range of socioeconomic, demographic, and public health related factors work together to influence maternal and child nutrition outcomes among rural and urban dwellers across the geopolitical zones and agro-ecological zones in Nigeria.

Polygynous Family Structure And Child Undernutrition In Nigeria

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Author : Amare, Mulubrhan
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2020-04-29

Polygynous Family Structure And Child Undernutrition In Nigeria written by Amare, Mulubrhan and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-29 with Political Science categories.

There is a growing interest in the research literature in exploring how child nutrition is affected by sociocultural practices, such as polygyny. However, evaluation of the effect of polygyny on child nutrition has been hindered by the complexity of the relationship. This paper investigates the effect of polygyny on anthropometric outcomes while recognizing that unobservable household characteristics may simultaneously influence both the decision to form a polygynous union and the ability of the household to adequately nourish children. Polygyny can affect children’s nutrition through increased family size, early marriage, and the level of household investment in child health. In this paper, we apply an instrumental variable approach based on the occurrence of same sex siblings in a woman’s first two births to generate exogenous variation in polygyny. Using data from the 2008 and 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Surveys, we find a detrimental effect of polygyny on child undernutrition, with a greater effect in poorer households and those resident in more urban locations.

Enabling Environments For Nutrition Advocacy A Comparison Of Infant And Young Child Feeding And Food Fortification In Nigeria

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Author : Resnick, Danielle
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2021-11-02

Enabling Environments For Nutrition Advocacy A Comparison Of Infant And Young Child Feeding And Food Fortification In Nigeria written by Resnick, Danielle and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-02 with Political Science categories.

The importance of an enabling environment for effective nutrition advocacy is well-recognized, and several key elements of such an environment have been well-established in existing research. However, nutrition policies are multi-faceted, and advocates may target different elements of the policy process, from agenda setting to design to implementation. As a result, enabling environments are neither uniform nor static. Drawing on 66 interviews with a diverse group of stakeholders in Nigeria at the federal and subnational level, we examine some of the factors that have facilitated or hindered the ability of advocates to influence policy implementation in the domains of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) and large-scale food fortification. In doing so, we show the importance of considering the politics, institutions, and resources specific to discrete policy categories as well as the characteristics of the broader policy system in which advocates are operating. By working across these two levels, advocates can both be reactive to the prevailing enabling environment as well as proactively consider strategies for overcoming obstacles.

Urbanization And Child Nutritional Outcomes

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Author : Amare, Mulubrhan
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2017-11-02

Urbanization And Child Nutritional Outcomes written by Amare, Mulubrhan and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-02 with Political Science categories.

In this paper, we investigate the implications of urbanization on child nutritional outcomes using satellite-based nighttime light intensity data as a proxy for urbanization and urban growth. We employ two rounds (2008 and 2013) of geo-referenced and nationally representative Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data from Nigeria. The DHS data provide detailed anthropometric measures of child nutritional outcomes along with a series of control variables. We merge these geo-referenced DHS data with nighttime light intensity data for the survey clusters in which the DHS sample households reside. This nighttime light introduces a continuous gradient of urbanization permitting investigation of the implications of urbanization on child nutritional outcomes along an urbanization continuum. The longitudinal nature of the nighttime data allows us to examine the dynamics of urbanization and its implication on child nutrition.

Poor Dietary Quality Is Nigeria S Key Nutrition Problem

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Author : Ecker, Olivier
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
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Poor Dietary Quality Is Nigeria S Key Nutrition Problem written by Ecker, Olivier and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Political Science categories.

Nigeria faces a growing triple burden of malnutrition. First, chronic childhood undernutrition remains stubbornly high. Nationwide, 36.8% of children under five years were estimated to be stunted in 2018—only slightly down from 40.8% in 2008. This corresponds to an annual average decline of less than 0.4 percentage points over the last decade and was almost exclusively due to a reduction in the prevalence of child stunting in urban areas (Table 1). Second, micronutrient malnutrition, including iron deficiency anemia, is extremely widespread among young children and women of reproductive age. While the prevalence rate of anemia among children under five years slightly declined in rural areas between 2010 and 2018, it substantially increased in urban areas. Third, overweight and obesity among adults has been rising rapidly in both urban and rural areas. Over the last decade, the national prevalence rates of overweight and obesity (the extreme form of overnutrition) among nonpregnant women 15 to 49 years of age increased faster than the rate of child stunting decreased, driving the growth of the triple burden. Obesity significantly increases the risk of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases (like heart attack and stroke), and hypertension. The root cause of all forms of malnutrition is poor dietary quality, while poor water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions aggravate malnutrition.

The Impact Of Economic Development On Nutrition

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Author : Adeyemi Oluwole Opeoluwa (Ph.D.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023

The Impact Of Economic Development On Nutrition written by Adeyemi Oluwole Opeoluwa (Ph.D.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with categories.

The incidence of malnutrition and its prevalence in the poor economies of the world is shocking. Globally, malnutrition affects more than 2.3 billion people. Additionally, 928 million more to 2.3 billion people are expected to be undernourished. Of these, 2 billion lack sufficient vitamins and minerals, 149 million children under five are underweight, and 45 million more are wasting. This paper shows the impact and relationship economic development has on Nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa--a more important agenda for resolution and significance for sub-Saharan countries like Nigeria. Fifty-eight million were underweight African children under five; 13.9 million were wasting from 2016 data. As a result, non-communicable diseases like diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and cancer are prevalent, and in 2017, 10.3 million children were overweight. Of the 41 countries globally that suffer from all three forms of malnutrition, 30 are in Africa.Secondary data and literature findings confirm that at least one-fifth of death and disability can be traced to nutrition issues. Multi-sectoral policies, such as gender, agriculture, social protection, early childhood development, and education, are needed to achieve nutrition security, SDGs, and Africa's social and economic development. Measures to improve health and Nutrition can be considered a pro-poor step, assisting in increasing the GDP per capita. A requirement is that a holistic approach of several policy actions on the demand and supply side is put in place. In the fight against undernutrition, a capable strategy is to bring African countries back to the path of economic growth (EDIs) they left in the 1970s.

The Role Of Agriculture In Reducing Child Undernutrition In Nigeria

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Author : Amare, Mulubrhan
language : en
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Release Date : 2020-05-27

The Role Of Agriculture In Reducing Child Undernutrition In Nigeria written by Amare, Mulubrhan and has been published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-27 with Political Science categories.

This study examines the effect of agricultural productivity change on child nutritional outcomes in Nigeria. Using several waves of micro-level panel data from Nigeria, we first show that high temperature (heat stress) reduces agricultural productivity change. A one percent increase in high temperatures during the crop growth period result in a 4 percent decrease in agricultural productivity. More importantly, our analysis provides several important insights on the implications of agricultural productivity change for reducing child undernutrition. The results show that agricultural productivity growth has a positive effect on child nutritional outcomes, measured by child height-for-age and weight-for-age. The main channel through which agricultural productivity growth affects child nutritional outcomes is by increasing food production for own household consumption. This suggests that productivity-enhancing investments in the agricultural sector could have a direct impact on child nutritional outcomes among smallholder households in Nigeria. The results also show that agricultural productivity change has higher impact for households who have better access to markets and a higher educational level. Interventions and policies geared towards intensification of agricultural production need to be complemented with strategies for widening educational programs and improving farmers’ access to markets. to induce incentives for increased production.

Urbanization And Child Nutritional Outcomes

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Author : Mulubrhan Amare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date :

Urbanization And Child Nutritional Outcomes written by Mulubrhan Amare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.

The implications of urbanization on child nutritional outcomes are investigated using satellite-based nighttime light intensity data as a marker of urbanization with data from two rounds of the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. Nighttime light introduces a gradient of urbanization permitting investigation of the implications of urbanization on child nutritional outcomes along an urbanization continuum. Nightlight is found to significantly predict child nutritional outcomes even after controlling for observable covariates known to influence child nutrition. In all specifications, improvements in child nutrition outcomes onset with relatively low levels of light emissions and continue rapidly as nightlight intensity increases before largely leveling off. These nonlinear relationships highlight the value of nightlight as a population agglomeration indicator relative to traditional binary rural-urban indicators. Consistent with other recent work, patterns of urbanization influence welfare outcomes. At least for Nigeria, a pattern that extends the benefits of urban agglomeration to larger shares of the population would speed improvements to child nutritional outcomes.