Abstract Digest on Maternal and Child Nutrition Research

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Issue 38 of the Abstract Digest brings to you a series of studies on nutrition outcomes, including prevalence of stunting and its association with women’s empowerment, nutrients in complementary feeding, and the impact of nutritional interventions among lactating mothers. In this issue we have also included two special sections. One features COVID-19 related studies and blogs, and the other features studies that have used the recently released National Family Health Survey-5 data.

Below is the list of peer-reviewed articles in this issue.

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List of peer-reviewed articles in this issue

Nutrients in Complementary Feeding Protect Against Wasting, but Not Stunting: Results from a Multi-Country Longitudinal Cohort Study

Hoffman. 2021. The Journal of Nutrition 151(1): 5–6.

Mapping Changes in District Level Prevalence of Childhood Stunting in India 1998–2016: An Application of Small Area Estimation Techniques

Srivastava et al. 2021. SSM Population Health.

Are Indian Girls Really Better Nourished Than Indian Boys? Evidence From Indian National Family Health Survey 1992–2016

Upadhyay et al. 2021. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health 9: 251–260.

Women’s Empowerment and Child Stunting in India: An Investigation

Kumar et al. 2020. Journal of Population and Social Studies 29: 47–66.

Impact of Nutritional Interventions Among Lactating Mothers on the Growth of Their Infants in the First 6 Months of Life: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Delhi, India