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The problem
Intervention: Dietary assessment and comparison of stunted versus normally-growing children to identify dietary patterns associated with food insecurity
Who it was tested with: 155 Mayan children aged 2 to 5 years in Guatemala, 53.5% stunted, 81.9% in food-insecure households.
Experience from people who deliver programmes: stories, case studies and lessons learned. Valuable for understanding how and why, and for spotting what to test next, but not a measure of effect.
"Dietary intake was assessed using three 24-hour recalls. A questionnaire assessed WASH service availability and household food insecurity via the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS). Additionally, we measured weight, height, age, body composition, and recent common childhood communicable diseases (CCCD)." This descriptive cross-sectional comparison identifies dietary patterns associated with food insecurity and stunting but cannot prove intervention effectiveness.
Cross-sectional design cannot establish causality. Cannot determine if monotonous diet causes stunting or if stunting is primarily due to other factors. Study does not test an intervention, only describes associations.
Across countries and designs
2 studies · 2 countries
