The Improvement in Child Nutritional Status in Brazil: How Did It Occur?

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by

Roberto F. Iunes and Carlos A. Monteiro

Center for Epidemiological Studies in Health and Nutrition
University of São Paulo

September 1993

NUPENS/USP

UN ACC/SCN country case study supported by UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund. A case study for the XV Congress of the International Union of Nutritional Sciences. September 26 to October 1, 1993.

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Table of Contents

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Preface and Acknowledgements

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1. 1970-1989: A General Picture

The Country
Urbanization and Demography
The Economy
Macroeconomic Indicators

Chapter 2. The Improvement in Child Nutritional Status

Low Weight-for-Age During Childhood
Height at the End of Preschool Age
Infant Mortality
Regional and Socio-economic Differentials

Chapter 3. Why did Nutrition Improve?

Income-Related Variables

Poverty
Inequality

Entitlements

Nutrition Programs and Food Prices
Other Social Areas

Chapter 4. Conclusions and Conjectures

Bibliography