The framework shows that causes of malnutrition are multisectoral, embracing food, health and caring practices.
Figure 5. Causes of Child Malnutrition This conceptual framework on the causes of malnutrition was developedin 1990 as part of the Unicef nutrition strategy.
Nutrition, food security and livelihoods: basic concepts - An introduction to the basic concepts of food, nutrition; the different forms of malnutrition; the frameworks for food security, nutrition security and livelihoods and their linkages.
This hypothesis was tested empirically against the UNICEF framework of the immediate, underlying and basic causes of malnutrition.
These objectives address the immediate and underlying causes of malnutrition expressed in UNICEF's Conceptual Framework for intervention.
The NGO decided something had to be done about health care access, which is one of the determinants of malnutrition, according to the UNICEF [ 40] framework.
In the UNICEF framework, child malnutrition can be analysed in terms of immediate, underlying and basic causes.
Participants pointed to the critical need for developing a research and pedagogical framework and exploring collaboration, as investments in nutrition knowledge-building can play a significant role in addressing the double burden of malnutrition.
Seven died of malnutrition.
Hundreds of children were dying of malnutrition.
Eighteen children died of malnutrition, he said.
