The Economic Burden of Malnutrition in Pregnant Women and Children under 5 Years of Age in Cambodia.

ABSTRACT: Malnutrition is locked in a vicious cycle of increased mortality, poor health, impaired cognitive development, slow physical growth, reduced learning capacity, inferior performance, and ultimately lower adult work performance and productivity. The consensus of global scientific evidence indicates that lowering the rates of malnutrition will be an indispensable component of any successful program to raise the quality of human capital and resources. This study used a "consequence model" to apply the coefficient risk-deficit on economic losses, established in the global scientific literature, to Cambodian health, demographic, and economic data to develop a national estimate of the value of economic losses due to malnutrition. The impact of the indicators of malnutrition analyzed represent a b

SUBMITTER: Moench-Pfanner R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4882705 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature