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The problem
Intervention: Increased consumption of animal-sourced foods (meat, dairy, eggs, fish) in children's diets
Who it was tested with: Children aged 0 to 5 years in Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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.
"We use representative panel data from five African countries—Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda—with over 32,000 observations from children aged 0 to 5 y to show that ASF consumption increases mean child height-for-age Z-scores (HAZ) by 0.30 (P < 0.01) and reduces the likelihood of stunting by 6.8 percentage points (P < 0.01), after controlling for confounding factors." The study demonstrates an association between animal-sourced food intake and improved child growth outcomes across multiple African countries, though the observational panel design limits causal inference.
Observational design cannot establish causation. Study does not detail the frequency, quantity, or types of animal-sourced foods consumed. Results may be confounded by unmeasured socioeconomic or household factors correlated with both ASF consumption and child nutrition.
Across countries and designs
2 studies · 6 countries
