Multi-Country studies and other analyses

Characteristics that modify the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on child growth: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Dewey KG, Wessells KR, Arnold CD, Prado EL, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Ali H, Arnold BF, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Ashraf S, Becquey E, Bendabenda J, Brown KH, Christian P, Colford JM, Dulience SJL, Fernald LCH, Galasso E, Hallamaa L, Hess SY, Humphrey JH, Huybregts L, Iannotti LL, Jannat K, Lartey A, Le Port A, Leroy JL, Luby SP, Maleta K, Matias SL, Mbuya MNN, Mridha MK, Nkhoma M, Null C, Paul RR, Okronipa H, Ouédraogo JB, Pickering AJ, Prendergast AJ, Ruel M, Shaikh S, Weber AM, Wolff P, Zongrone A, Stewart CP. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Nov 2;114(Supplement_1):15S-42S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab278.

Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements for children age 6-24 months: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of effects on developmental outcomes and effect modifiers.

Prado EL, Arnold CD, Wessells KR, Stewart CP, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold BF, Ashorn U, Ashorn P, Becquey E, Brown KH, Chandna J, Christian P, Dentz HN, Dulience SJL, Fernald LCH, Galasso E, Hallamaa L, Hess SY, Huybregts L, Iannotti LL, Jimenez EY, Kohl P, Lartey A, Le Port A, Luby SP, Maleta K, Matchado A, Matias SL, Mridha MK, Ntozini R, Null C, Ocansey ME, Parvez SM, Phuka J, Pickering AJ, Prendergast AJ, Shamim AA, Siddiqui Z, Tofail F, Weber AM, Wu LSF, Dewey KG. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Nov 2;114(Supplement_1):43S-67S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab277. 

Characteristics that modify the effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on child anemia and micronutrient status: an individual participant data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Wessells KR, Arnold CD, Stewart CP, Prado EL, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arnold BF, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Becquey E, Brown KH, Byrd KA, Campbell RK, Christian P, Fernald LCH, Fan YM, Galasso E, Hess SY, Huybregts L, Jorgensen JM, Kiprotich M, Kortekangas E, Lartey A, Le Port A, Leroy JL, Lin A, Maleta K, Matias SL, Mbuya MNN, Mridha MK, Mutasa K, Naser AM, Paul RR, Okronipa H, Ouédraogo JB, Pickering AJ, Rahman M, Schulze K, Smith LE, Weber AM, Zongrone A, Dewey KG. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Nov 2;114(Supplement_1):68S-94S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab276.

Linear Growth through 12 Years is Weakly but Consistently Associated with Language and Math Achievement Scores at Age 12 Years in 4 Low- or Middle-Income Countries.

Kowalski AJ, Georgiadis A, Behrman JR, Crookston BT, Fernald LCH, Stein AD. J Nutr. 2018 Nov 1;148(11):1852-1859. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxy191.

Disparities in children's vocabulary and height in relation to household wealth and parental schooling: A longitudinal study in four low- and middle-income countries.

Reynolds SA, Andersen C, Behrman J, Singh A, Stein AD, Benny L, Crookston BT, Cueto S, Dearden K, Georgiadis A, Krutikova S, Fernald LCH. SSM Popul Health. 2017 Dec;3:767-786. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.08.008.

Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty and Inequality: Parental Resources and Schooling Attainment and Children's Human Capital in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam.

Behrman JR, Schott W, Mani S, Crookston BT, Dearden K, Duc LT, Fernald LCH, Stein AD; Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team.

Does household access to improved water and sanitation in infancy and childhood predict better vocabulary test performance in Ethiopian, Indian, Peruvian and Vietnamese cohort studies?

Dearden KA, Brennan AT, Behrman JR, Schott W, Crookston BT, Humphries DL, Penny ME, Fernald LC; Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team.

 Children with access to improved sanitation but not improved water are at lower risk of stunting compared to children without access: a cohort study in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam.

Dearden KA, Schott W, Crookston BT, Humphries DL, Penny ME, Behrman JR; Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team.

 Stunting in Infancy Is Associated with Decreased Risk of High Body Mass Index for Age at 8 and 12 Years of Age.

Andersen CT, Stein AD, Reynolds SA, Behrman JR, Crookston BT, Dearden KA, Penny ME, Schott W, Fernald LC. J Nutr. 2016 Nov;146(11):2296-2303. doi: 10.3945/jn.116.234633. Epub 2016 Sep 28. 

Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Household Food Security and Child Anthropometry at Ages 5 and 8 Years in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam.

Humphries DL, Dearden KA, Crookston BT, Fernald LC, Stein AD, Woldehanna T, Penny ME, Behrman JR; Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team.

 Households across all income quintiles, especially the poorest, increased animal source food expenditures substantially during recent Peruvian economic growth.

Humphries DL, Behrman JR, Crookston BT, Dearden KA, Schott W, Penny ME; Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team. PLoS One. 2014 Nov 5;9(11):e110961. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110961. eCollection 2014.

Growth faltering and recovery in children aged 1-8 years in four low- and middle-income countries: Young Lives.

Lundeen EA, Behrman JR, Crookston BT, Dearden KA, Engle P, Georgiadis A, Penny ME, Stein AD; Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team.

Periods of child growth up to age 8 years in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam: key distal household and community factors.

Schott WB, Crookston BT, Lundeen EA, Stein AD, Behrman JR; Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team. Soc Sci Med. 2013 Nov;97:278-87. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.05.016. Epub 2013 May 28.

Socioeconomic gradients in child development in very young children: evidence from India, Indonesia, Peru, and Senegal.

Fernald LC, Kariger P, Hidrobo M, Gertler PJ. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Oct 16;109 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):17273-80. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1121241109. Epub 2012 Oct 8.

The D-score: a metric for interpreting the early development of infants and toddlers across global settings.

Weber AM, Rubio-Codina M, Walker SP, van Buuren S, Eekhout I, Grantham-McGregor SM, Araujo MC, Chang SM, Fernald LC, Hamadani JD, Hanlon C, Karam SM, Lozoff B, Ratsifandrihamanana L, Richter L, Black MM; Working group members and data contributors. BMJ Glob Health. 2019 Nov 19;4(6):e001724. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001724. eCollection 2019.

Early life factors of motor, cognitive, and language development: a pooled analysis of prospective cohorts. Sania, A., Sudfeld, C., Goodarz Danaei, Günther Fink, Dana Charles McCoy, Zhaozhong Zhu, Mehmet Akman, Shams Arifeen, Maureen Black, Alemtsehay Bogale, Joseph Braun, Nynke van den Broek, Paulita Duazo, Christopher Duggan, Lia C. H. Fernald, Melissa Gladstone, Jena Hamadani, Alexis Handal, Sioban Harlow, Christopher Kuzawa, Ingrid Kvestad, Lindsey Locks, Karim Manji, Honorati Masanja, Alicia Matijasevich, Christine McDonald, Rose McGready, Darsi Santos, Leticia Santos, Dilsad Save, Roger Shapiro, Barbara Stoecker, Tor Strand, Sunita Taneja, Martha-Maria Tellez-Rojo, Fahmida Tofail, Ilona Verena, Aisha Yousafzai, Majid Ezzati, Wafaie Fawzi.  BMJ Open (2019)

Benefits of wildlife consumption to child nutrition in a biodiversity hotspot

CD Golden, LCH Fernald, JS Brashares, BJR Rasolofoniaina, C Kremen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (49), 19653-19656