Preschoolers in severely food insecure Guatemalan Mayan households consume a monotonous grain-based diet
Significantly more children living in severely food insecure households consumed a grain-based dietary pattern. The stunted children on the grain-based diet consumed more calories from grain-based drinks than any other food group. Beyond dietary monotony and poor nutritional quality, additional factors likely contribute to the high stunting rate, requiring further investigation.
Authors
- Ginny Lane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7250-4385)
- María del Carmen Caamaño (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0096-2854)
- Hassanali Vatanparast (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2621-8385)
- Michele Monroy-Valle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4588-145X)
- Karla Cordón‐Arrivillaga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3825-739X)
- Maira Ruano Estrada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3341-8759)
Institutions
- University of Idaho (US)
- Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (GT)
- Autonomous University of Queretaro (MX)
- Universidad Rafael Landívar (GT)
- University of Saskatchewan (CA)
- Centro Universitario Ciudad Vieja (GT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24111-2
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universidad del Valle
- Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
- Fondation Rideau Hall