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Growing Children: The relationship between food insecurity and child growth and development.

Year: 2014

Type: dissertation

Abstract: This dissertation examined the relationship between food security status and cultural congruence and indicators of child growth and development in a rural mountain town in Costa Rica. Results show that children from food secure households are significantly shorter and shorter-legged than their food insecure counterparts. It is theorized that these findings correspond to low quality diets associated with increasing commodification of food systems in rural Costa Rica. Identity-based mechanisms are discussed as potential factors contributing to the increasing commodification of life through the encroachment of the global market economy.

Source: Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida)

Author: Ernesto Ruiz

Language: English

Topic: Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, Reduced inequalities, No poverty, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2128500738

Cites: 189

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