@article{fdi:010067634,
  title = {{T}he economic burden of malnutrition in pregnant women and children under 5 years of age in {C}ambodia},
  author = {{M}oench-{P}fanner, {R}. and {S}ilo, {S}. and {L}aillou, {A}. and {W}ieringa, {F}ranck and {H}ong, {R}. and {P}oirot, {E}. and {B}agriansky, {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{M}alnutrition 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. {T}he 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. {T}his study used a "consequence model" to apply the coefficient risk-deficit on economic losses, established in the global scientific literature, to {C}ambodian health, demographic, and economic data to develop a national estimate of the value of economic losses due to malnutrition. {T}he impact of the indicators of malnutrition analyzed represent a burden to the national economy of {C}ambodia estimated at 266 million {USD} annually (1.7% of {GDP}). {S}tunting is reducing the {C}ambodian economic output by more than 120 million {USD}, and iodine deficiency disorders alone by 57 million {USD}. {T}his economic burden is too high in view of {C}ambodia's efforts to drive economic development. {T}he government should rapidly expand a range of low-cost effective nutrition interventions to break the current cycle of increased mortality, poor health and ultimately lower work performance, productivity, and earnings.},
  keywords = {malnutrition ; stunting ; economic burden ; {C}ambodia ; {D}emographic {H}ealth {S}urvey ; 2014 ; {CAMBODGE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{N}utrients},
  volume = {8},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {art. 292 [14 p.]},
  ISSN = {2072-6643},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.3390/nu8050292},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067634},
}