Livestock Ownership and Children's Intakes of Animal Source Foods in Nepal (P10-057-19)

Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems Ethiopia: Animal Source Foods Production and Marketing Brief

Animal Source Foods and Adolescent Nutrition

Meat and milk intakes and toddler growth: a comparison feeding intervention of animal-source foods in rural Kenya.

OBJECTIVE To examine the effects of animal-source foods on toddler growth. DESIGN A 5-month comparison feeding intervention study with one of three millet-based porridges randomized to eighteen feeding stations serving 303 children aged 11-40 months. Feeding stations served plain millet porridge (Plain group), porridge with milk (Milk group) or porridge with beef (Meat group). Anthropometry, ...

Child height gain is associated with consumption of animal-source foods in livestock-owning households in Western Kenya.

OBJECTIVE To clarify the pathways between household livestock and child growth by assessing the relationships between consumption of animal-source foods (ASF) and child growth and evaluating the household livestock correlates of child consumption of ASF. DESIGN We conducted a longitudinal cohort study of anthropometry and 3 d feeding recalls among children <5 years old between June 2014 and M...

Should we reject animal source foods to save the planet? A review of the sustainability of global livestock production

Within the next 40 years, the global livestock industry will have to considerably increase production in order to supply the population with animal-source foods, yet the industry must concurrently improve the three metrics of sustainability – economic viability, environmental stewardship and social responsibility. Environmental stewardship is currently the area for which animal agriculture is u...