Dietary Diversity Is Positively Associated with Deviation from Expected Height in Rural Nepal [Community and International Nutrition]

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.

Source: Journal of Nutrition - June 30, 2016 Category: Nutrition Authors: Busert, L. K., Neuman, M., Rehfuess, E. A., Dulal, S., Harthan, J., Chaube, S. S., Bhandari, B., Costello, H., Costello, A., Manandhar, D. S., Saville, N. M. Tags: Research Need: Impact of Nutrition on Healthy Growth, Development, and Reproduction Community and International Nutrition Source Type: research