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Article Name - Did the Global COVID-19 Pandemic Change the Importance of Key Determinants for Children's Nutrition?

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  • Keywords COVID-19; Pandemic; Child nutrition; Underweight; India; NFHS; Shapley-Owen decomposition ... 2025-08-11
  • Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on child under nutrition, especially in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) [1]. With the pandemic causing disruptions in agricultural supply chai ... 2025-08-11
  • Literature Review To address this research gap, we build on the work of Seth and Jain, 2021 who had estimated the relative importance of the determinants of children’s undernutrition outcomes, prepandemic. The au ... 2025-08-11
  • Discussion Change in the prevalence of underweight children Contrary to projections, the prevalence of underweight children in India declined from 35.8% in NFHS-4 to 32% in NFHS-5. However, these broad figure ... 2025-08-11
  • Conclusion In this paper, we analyze the change in the importance of the key determinants of child undernutrition due to the pandemic. While it is difficult to justify the decline in the prevalence of underweigh ... 2025-08-11
  • References Headey D, Heidkamp R, Osendarp S, Ruel M, Scott N, Black R, et al. Impacts of COVID-19 on childhood malnutrition and nutrition-related mortality. Lancet. 2020;396(10250):519-521. [Crossref] [Goog ... 2025-09-05