Investing in Nutrition
A Global Best Investment Case
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13037286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Björn Larsen, John Hoddinott (0000-0002-0590-3917, Cornell University), Saleema Razvi (Copenhagen Consensus Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | S1 |
| Pages | 235-254 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2152-2812 • E-ISSN: 2194-5888 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/bca.2023.22 |
| OpenAlex | W4382699301 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 32 |
Undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies are key drivers of infant and child mortality and are causes of impaired human potential for hundreds of millions of children every year. Investing in nutrition in the first 1,000 days from conception not only supports individual lifetime health, education, and productivity, but is also key to breaking the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition and enhance equitable development pathways for low- and middle-income countries. This paper provides a cost–benefit analysis of three nutrition interventions: 1) provision of preventive small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) to children 6−23 months of age; 2) Complementary Feeding Promotion (CFP) for children 6−23 months of age; 3) provision of multiple micronutrient (MMN) and calcium (Ca) supplements to pregnant women. The benefit–cost ratios (BCRs) for MMN supplementation for pregnant women replacing iron and folic acid (37.5), as well as MMN and Ca combined (19-24), are the highest. The BCRs for CFP for children in the two highest socio-economic status (SES) quintiles and SQ-LNS for children in the three lowest SES quintiles are fairly similar at 16 and 14, respectively. The lowest BCR is for CFP for children in the three lowest SES quintiles due to the high cost of accomplishing behavioral change for improved complementary feeding in resource-poor households
Environmental health · Malnutrition · Micronutrient · Mismatch negativity · Political science · Promotion (chess · Psychological intervention · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Gerontology · Pediatrics
Costs and benefits of replacing preventive antenatal iron and folic acid with multiple micronutrients in 25 low- and middle-income countries
Embracing complexity and innovation to tackle the social determinants of health
Identifying priority countries for scaling up small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements
Investing in nutrition throughout the first 8000 days of life
Low-dose calcium supplementation during pregnancy in low and middle-income countries
Effective interventions to address maternal and child malnutrition
Effectiveness of an educational intervention delivered through the health services to improve nutrition in young children
Weight Gain in the First Two Years of Life Is an Important Predictor of Schooling Outcomes in Pooled Analyses from Five Birth Cohorts from Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Associations of Suboptimal Growth with All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Children under Five Years
A review of the evidence linking child stunting to economic outcomes
Effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on economic productivity in Guatemalan adults
Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries
Maternal and child undernutrition
Effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve child feeding practices and growth in rural C hina
Cluster‐randomized trial on complementary and responsive feeding education to caregivers found improved dietary intake, growth and development among rural Indian toddlers
Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions in Global Benefit-Cost Analysis
Cost and affordability of nutritious diets at retail prices
Preventive small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements reduce severe wasting and severe stunting among young children
Characteristics that modify the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on child growth
Lipid-based nutrient supplements and all-cause mortality in children 6–24 months of age
Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements for the prevention of child malnutrition and promotion of healthy development
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |