"I think childhood is to everyone a lost land."

-Dennis potter

Approximately 167 million children under five years of age – almost one-third of the developing world's children – are undernourished, a condition that contributes to almost 60% of all child deaths in developing countries (Levinston and Bassett, 2007; FAO, 2005; Pelletier et al., 1995). The greatest burden of under-nutrition is often among the poorest households who are more likely to experience food and nutritional insecurity as a result of lack of resources and food, low levels of education and nutritional health information, and poor access to and utilization of healthcare (World Bank, 2010; Peña and Bacallao, 2002; FAO, 1997). Many studies assessing the impact of poverty on malnutrition are limited by lack of detailed time series data that would demonstrate how both short term and long term changes in well-being impact child growth.