Climatic conditions and child height: Sex-specific vulnerability and the protective effects of sanitation and food markets in Nepal

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• 作者：Prajula Mulmi^a ; ^{prajula.mulmi@tufts.edu} ; Steven A. Block^b ; ^{steven.block@tufts.edu} ; Gerald E. Shively^c ; ^{shivelyg@purdue.edu} ; William A. Masters^a ; ^d ; ¹ ; ^{william.masters@tufts.edu}
• 关键词：Seasonality ; Child health ; Child nutrition ; Maternal health ; Sanitation
• 刊名：Economics & Human Biology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：23
• 期：Complete
• 页码：63-75
• 全文大小：647 K
• 卷排序：23

文摘

In Nepal, the effects of climatic conditions on child height depend on the timing of exposure. For boys, child height is linked to climate during pregnancy, and for girls, in early infancy. Household sanitation (toilets) and food markets eliminate correlations between climatic conditions and child height. Better household sanitation could protect children from the effects of climate by blocking disease transmission. Food markets could protect against local climatic variation by regulating dietary intake.