Such interventions require more specific nutrition goals and actions to unleash their full potential in combating child malnutrition (Ruel et al., Using a unique dataset from Ghana, we model the underlying determinants in several input demand functions, to understand what drives demand for input in the child health production function. We also estimate the conditional demand for nutritional status, in a similar framework. By estimating the framework as one complete model - albeit in two stages - we are able to quantify the underlying mechanisms determining inputs, and the likely pathways contributing to nutritional status. Other studies usually depend on national level household data, such as Demographic and Health Surveys, which limits the possibility of studying such a particular group in detail.