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Why Are So Many Children Stunted in the Philippines?

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dc.contributor.authorCapanzana, Mario V.
dc.contributor.authorDemombynes, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorGubbins, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-25T15:24:07Z
dc.date.available2020-06-25T15:24:07Z
dc.date.issued2020-06
dc.description.abstractNearly one in three children under age five in the Philippines is stunted, a key marker of undernutrition. This rate is high for the country's level of income. This paper provides the first detailed multivariate analysis of potential drivers of stunting in the Philippines, using data from the 2015 National Nutrition Survey. Potential drivers are analyzed individually and grouped in major categories. The analysis finds that stunting between 24-60 months is principally associated with suboptimal prenatal conditions and inadequate food security and diversity. If the results are given a causal interpretation, they imply that if all Filipino newborns had adequate prenatal conditions, the fraction stunted at age 24-60 months would fall by 20 percent. Similarly, providing adequate food security and diversity to all Filipino children would reduce stunting by 22 percent. Other factors -- including access to water, sanitation, and environmental conditions -- have less strong associations with stunting. The results point to a series of policy priorities to reduce stunting: supporting the nutrition and health of expectant mothers, ensuring access to contraception to reduce adolescent pregnancy, and ensuring that children consume a variety of healthy foods, including protein-dense foods such as milk, meat, and eggs.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/195651592920718373/Why-Are-So-Many-Children-Stunted-in-the-Philippines
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9294
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/33989
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 9294
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectSTUNTING
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.titleWhy Are So Many Children Stunted in the Philippines?en
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okr.crossref.titleWhy are so Many Children Stunted in the Philippines?
okr.date.disclosure2020-06-23
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/195651592920718373/Why-Are-So-Many-Children-Stunted-in-the-Philippines
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-9294
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum32163167
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/195651592920718373/pdf/Why-Are-So-Many-Children-Stunted-in-the-Philippines.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryPhilippines
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okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Early Child and Children's Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Nutrition
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Reproductive Health
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty and Health
okr.unitHealth, Nutrition and Population Global Practice
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