New Kerala.com (India) published an article on the new IFPRI study, Evaluation of linear growth at higher altitudes in the journal, Jama Pediatrics. The study provides new insight into the relationship between altitude and undernutrition and the additional efforts needed to ensure policy interventions are appropriately tailored to high altitude contexts. Senior Research Fellow Kalle Hirvonen stated, “More than 800 million people live at 1,500 meters above sea level or higher, with two-thirds of them in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia.” Republished in Science Daily, Asian News International (ANI) (India), Yahoo Lifestyle, Times of Republic (India), Knowledia, Iran Daily, News Medical.net (Australia), Medical Express, Eureka Alert!, Suara.com (Indonesia), Daily Hunt (India).
Study links living at higher altitudes to higher levels of child stunting (New Kerala.com)
August 26, 2020