Does the ICDS Improve Children’s Diets? Some Evidence from Rural Bihar

Mittal, Nitya; Meenakshi, J.V.

doi:10.1080/00220388.2018.1487054

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“…Quality and timing of school meals must improve which is a concern in the Indian context (Afridi et al , ). For example, recently egg has been introduced in ICDS meals which could have higher benefits in terms of improving child nutritional status (Mittal and Meenakshi, ). Also, typically cited as a classic example of policy failure (Haddad et al , ), often with public food assistance programs such as “school meals” children’s food allocation at home is reduced when they receive meals from school.…”

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“…Also, typically cited as a classic example of policy failure (Haddad et al , ), often with public food assistance programs such as “school meals” children’s food allocation at home is reduced when they receive meals from school. Mittal and Meenakshi () cite evidence of such partial meal substitution at home in the Indian context. Considering wasting is seen as a short‐term response to inadequate dietary intake and is reversible (WHO, ), concerted efforts should be made in the above directions.…”

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Household Food Insecurity and Maternal and Child Nutritional Status: Evidence from Maharashtra

Maitra

Sethi

Unisa

et al. 2019

Review of Income and Wealth

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In this paper we rigorously examine the association of household food security status with maternal and child nutritional status exploring a rich micro-level database, the Comprehensive Nutrition Survey Maharashtra 2012. Using Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) as a metric to measure household food security, we apply simultaneous probit models to estimate the effect of food insecurity on maternal and child nutritional outcomes. The modelling framework addresses possible endogeneity in the above relationship. Findings indicate that household food insecurity increases the risk of maternal and child underweight with no effect on child stunting, wasting or maternal overweight. Women's decision-making power mediates these associations. Food security interventions should be effective in tackling the concerns with undernutrition, however, food alone is not the solution. A mix of nutritionspecific and nutrition-sensitive policies is warranted. Food security interventions should be integrated into policies for human development.JEL Codes: I15, C31, D10, I30, O15

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Household Food Insecurity and Maternal and Child Nutritional Status: Evidence from Maharashtra

Maitra

Sethi

Unisa

et al. 2019

Review of Income and Wealth

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“…They argued that such political spectrum could impinge on worse and better child anthropometric outcomes respectively. Signi cant gaps in implementation regarding nature, coverage and quality of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) were found by various researchers in different states [24][25][26][27].…”

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Endowments or Returns to Endowments or Both? Deciphering Disparities in Childhood Stunting in Bihar, India

Ghosh¹,

Sharma²,

Bhattacharya³

2020

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Background Unacceptably high rate of childhood stunting for decades remained a puzzle in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Despite various programmatic interventions, nearly half of the under-five children (numerically about 10 million) are still stunted in this resource-constrained state. Data and Methods Using four successive rounds of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data spread over more than two decades and by employing quantile regressions and counterfactual decomposition (QR-CD), the present study aims to assess effects of various endowments as well as returns to those endowments in disparities in childhood stunting over the period. Results The results show that although child’s height-for-age Z-scores (HAZ) disparity was largely accounted for differing levels of endowments during earlier decade, in the later periods, inadequate access to the benefits from various development programmes was also found responsible for HAZ disparities. Moreover, effects of endowments and their returns vary across quantiles. We argue that apart from equalizing endowments, ensuring adequate access to different nutrition-centric programmes are essential to lessen the burden of childhood stunting. Conclusion The state must focus on intersectoral convergence of different schemes in the form of state nutrition mission, and, strengthen nutrition-centric policy processes and their political underpinnings to harness better dividend.

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“…Signi cant gaps in implementation regarding nature, coverage and quality of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) were found by various researchers in different states [24][25][26][27]. Using conditional quantile regression model, Mukhopadhyay (2013) found that while the presence of government facilities was able to make a positive difference in upliftment of nutritional status for the relatively better-off children in India, they had not bene tted the worse affected children much [28].…”

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Deciphering Disparities in Childhood Stunting in an Underdeveloped State in India: an Investigation Applying the Unconditional Quantile Regression Method

Ghosh

Sharma

Bhattacharya

2020

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BackgroundUnacceptably high rate of childhood stunting for decades remained a puzzle in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Despite various programmatic interventions, nearly half of the under-five children (numerically about 10 million) are still stunted in this resource-constrained state. Data and MethodsUsing four successive rounds of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data spread over more than two decades and by employing quantile regressions and counterfactual decomposition (QR-CD), the present study aims to assess effects of various endowments as well as returns to those endowments in disparities in childhood stunting over the period. Results The results show that although child’s height-for-age Z-scores (HAZ) disparity was largely accounted for differing levels of endowments during earlier decade, in the later periods, inadequate access to the benefits from various development programmes was also found responsible for HAZ disparities. Moreover, effects of endowments and their returns vary across quantiles. We argue that apart from equalizing endowments, ensuring adequate access to different nutrition-centric programmes are essential to lessen the burden of childhood stunting. ConclusionThe state must focus on intersectoral convergence of different schemes in the form of state nutrition mission, and, strengthen nutrition-centric policy processes and their political underpinnings to harness better dividend.

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Does the ICDS Improve Children’s Diets? Some Evidence from Rural Bihar

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References 25 publications

Household Food Insecurity and Maternal and Child Nutritional Status: Evidence from Maharashtra

Household Food Insecurity and Maternal and Child Nutritional Status: Evidence from Maharashtra

Endowments or Returns to Endowments or Both? Deciphering Disparities in Childhood Stunting in Bihar, India

Deciphering Disparities in Childhood Stunting in an Underdeveloped State in India: an Investigation Applying the Unconditional Quantile Regression Method

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