Dietary Diversity Is Positively Associated with Deviation from Expected Height in Rural Nepal.
CONCLUSIONS: Increasing dietary diversity for children reduces the risk of stunting and improves growth after growth faltering. Future efforts should be directed at enabling families in food-insecure areas to feed their children a more diverse diet.
PMID: 27306894 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Rural Remote Health - Category: Rural Health Authors: Busert LK, Neuman M, Rehfuess EA, Dulal S, Harthan J, Chaube SS, Bhandari B, Costello H, Costello A, Manandhar DS, Saville NM Tags: J Nutr Source Type: research