Malnutrition remains a health problem in Lao PDR despite the marginal reductions that were observed in the Lao Social Indicator Survey (LSIS, 2017). Currently, 33 percent of children under five years are stunted; 12 percent are underweight and 9 percent are too thin for their height (wasted). The main causes of malnutrition include inadequate intake of safe and nutritious food as well as childhood illnesses....