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Malnutrition is a lead contributor to the global burden of disease, with undernutrition accounting for nearly half of all deaths in children under five in Asia and Africa. Given the health benefits of fish-intensive diets, this study investigates the potential of fish consumption for alleviating malnutrition. This observational cohort study is from Bangladesh, where child malnutrition exceeds the World Health Organization’s threshold for public-health emergencies. More than 36,000 records from successive Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys are analyzed to explore the socioeconomic determinants of household consumption of all animal-source foods and fish consumption specifically, as well as the impact of observed consumption patterns on mortality and childhood resistance to infectious diseases. Child health outcomes are studied using regression models adjusted for annual fish price fluctuations, household income, maternal education, and gender.