Diet Quality and Health of the Poor

Research Program

Work is carried out under three program themes: research providing data on trends and themes in nutrition and hunger; research on programs integrating direct and indirect interventions to improve nutrition; and research specifically geared to leveraging agriculture for improving nutrition and health

Integrating direct and indirect interventions to improve nutrition at scale

  • Prevention or cure? A comparison of two approaches for maternal and child health and nutrition in Haiti
  • Preventing Malnutrition in Children Under Two years of Age (PM2A)
  • Alive and Thrive
  • Assessment of public health impact of Sprinkles in Bangladesh

Improving nutrition and health through agriculture

  • Agriculture and Health Research Platform (AHRP)
  • Tackling the Agriculture-Nutrition Disconnect in India (TANDI)
  • CGIAR Research Program 4 (CRP4): Agriculture for improved nutrition and health
  • Helen Keller International’s homestead food production programs
  • RAIN

Analysis of patterns and trends in nutrition and hunger

  • Analysis of Trends and Determinants of Nutritional Status among Children in India
  • Global Hunger Index (GHI)
  • India State Hunger Index (ISHI)