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dc.contributor.authorMoucheraud, Corrina
dc.contributor.authorChandyo, Ram Krishna
dc.contributor.authorHenjum, Sigrun
dc.contributor.authorStrand, Tor A
dc.contributor.authorUlak, Manjeswori
dc.contributor.authorFawzi, Wafaie W.
dc.contributor.authorLocks, Lindsey
dc.contributor.authorWebb, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorThorne-Lyman, Andrew L.
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-18T10:23:21Z
dc.date.available2020-09-18T10:23:21Z
dc.date.created2019-02-15T11:45:03Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationCurrent Developments in Nutrition (CDN). 2019, 3 (1), 1-9.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2475-2991
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2678460
dc.description.abstractAbstract Background Urbanization is occurring rapidly in many low- and middle-income countries, which may affect households’ livelihoods, diet, and food security and nutritional outcomes. Objective The main objective of our study was to explore whether agricultural activity among a peri-urban population in Nepal was associated with better or worse food household security, household and maternal dietary diversity, and nutritional outcomes for children and women. Methods A cross-sectional survey was administered to 344 mother–child pairs in Bhaktapur district, Nepal, including data on household agricultural practices, livestock ownership, food security, dietary diversity and expenditures, anthropometric measurements of children (aged 5–6 y), maternal body mass index (BMI), and maternal anemia. Multivariable adjusted odds ratios (AORs) and unadjusted odds ratios were calculated using logistic regression. Results Our findings suggest that in this sample, cultivation of land was associated with lower odds of child stunting (AOR: 0.55; 95% CI: 0.33, 0.93) and household food insecurity (AOR: 0.33; 95% CI: 0.18, 0.63), but not low (or high) maternal BMI or anemia. Livestock ownership (mostly chickens) was associated with lower food insecurity (AOR: 0.34; 95% CI: 0.16, 0.73) but not with nutrition outcomes. Women in farming households were significantly more likely to eat green leafy vegetables than were women in nonfarming households, and children living in households that grew vegetables had a lower odds of stunting than children in households that cultivated land but did not grow vegetables (AOR: 0.49; 95% CI: 0.25, 0.98). Conclusions Our study suggests that households involved in cultivation of land in peri-urban Bhaktapur had lower odds of children's stunting and of food insecurity than noncultivating households, and that vegetable consumption is higher among those households. Given Nepal's rapid urbanization rate, more attention is needed on the potential role of peri-urban agriculture in shaping diets and nutrition.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was funded by the USAID Feed the Future Security Innovation Lab for Nutrition—Asia (award number AIDOAA-l-10-00005) through a subcontract to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University; and by the GC Rieber Foundation.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://watermark.silverchair.com/nzy078.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAmowggJmBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggJXMIICUwIBADCCAkwGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMQ0m3t5BZcBZnKn_XA
dc.rightsNavngivelse-Ikkekommersiell 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjecturban food security,en_US
dc.subjectnutrition,en_US
dc.subjectagricultural practices,en_US
dc.subjectfood securityen_US
dc.subjectdietary qualityen_US
dc.subjectnutritional status,en_US
dc.subjecthouseholdsen_US
dc.subjectNepalen_US
dc.subjectchildren’s nutritional statusen_US
dc.subjectengagement in urban agricultureen_US
dc.subjectwomen’s dietary diversityen_US
dc.subjectHousehold wealthen_US
dc.subjectfood and wateren_US
dc.subjectWomen’s hemoglobin concentrationsen_US
dc.subjectanemiaen_US
dc.subjectmaternal nutritional statusen_US
dc.subjectstuntingen_US
dc.subjectcultivation and vegetable productionen_US
dc.titleEngagement in agriculture protects against food insecurity and malnutrition in peri-urban Nepalen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2018, Moucheraud et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_US
dc.source.pagenumber1-9en_US
dc.source.volume3en_US
dc.source.journalCurrent Developments in Nutrition (CDN)en_US
dc.source.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/cdn/nzy078
dc.identifier.cristin1677628
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