1.0Transform Nutrition West Africahttps://westafrica.transformnutrition.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://westafrica.transformnutrition.org/news/making-akitibog%c9%9b-unfashionable-ghanas-nutrition-story-of-change-and-challenge/">Making ‘akitibogɛ’ unfashionable: Ghana’s nutrition story of change and challenge</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://westafrica.transformnutrition.org/news/making-akitibog%c9%9b-unfashionable-ghanas-nutrition-story-of-change-and-challenge/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Making ‘akitibogɛ’ unfashionable: Ghana’s nutrition story of change and challenge” — Transform Nutrition West Africa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://westafrica.transformnutrition.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Arne-Hoel_The-World-Bank-scaled.jpg25601707By Richmond Aryeetey, University of Ghana Growing up in the city of Accra, it was common to see young children who looked much smaller than their age mates. In fact, there was a nickname for such children: akitibogɛ. This literally means ‘small and fashionable’. It was not until I focused my research on child nutrition,...