Alexandre Kramatschek Tavares

Research

150 Years of the Housing Question

Article January 23, 2026

The quality of the diet from the first hours of life is decisive. Any inappropriate diet for pregnant women or infants has an irreversible impact on a child's bio-morphological and cognitive levels, leading to chronic malnutrition. This study assesses the factors that explain adherence to dietary taboos or restrictions and the factors statistically significantly related to the choice of nutritional restrictions in households housing stunted children under five years of age in southwest Benin.