Abstract

VILCA MAMANI, Andrés et al. Impact of social food programs on child undernutrition in the Puno region. Comuni@cción [online]. 2023, vol.14, n.3, pp.220-234.  Epub Sep 28, 2023. ISSN 2219-7168.  http://dx.doi.org/10.33595/2226-1478.14.3.871.

Chronic child undernutrition is inadequate food intake, has negative consequences on child development in the short and long term, and as intergenerational consequences affects social welfare. Therefore, the objective was to analyze the impact of the Vaso de Leche and Qali Warma social food programs on chronic child undernutrition in children under 3 to 5 years of age in the Puno region. The Logit model and the Average Treatment Effect on the Treated Population (ATET) method were used to evaluate the impact, 3482 observations were used, the data came from the Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES). The results show that the social food program Qali Warma would not have an impact on the reduction of chronic child undernutrition in the Puno region, but Vaso de leche did have a significant impact of minus 1.4%. Finally, the lack of impact of Qali Warma on undernutrition shows that deficiencies persist in the design and management of its operation, while the assistance of Vaso de Leche, breastfeeding, drinking water and educational level of the mother determine the reduction of chronic undernutrition and the severity of anemia increases undernutrition.

Keywords : Chronic undernutrition; Impact evaluation; Social food program; Qali Warma; Glass of Milk.

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