Association between economic growth and early childhood undernutrition: evidence from 121 Demographic and Health Surveys from 36 low-income and middle-income countries

Background: Economic growth is widely regarded as a necessary, and often sufficient, condition for the improvement of population health. We aimed to assess whether macroeconomic growth was associated with reductions in early childhood undernutrition in low-income and middle-income countries. Method...

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Main Authors: Prof. Sebastian Vollmer, PhD, Kenneth Harttgen, PhD, Malavika A Subramanyam, DSc, Jocelyn Finlay, PhD, Prof. Stephan Klasen, PhD, Prof. S V Subramanian, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-04-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X14700257