… Despite these limitations, we believe our results are a valid attempt at quantifying trends
in childhood malnutrition and estimating the dual burden. Our results provide a baseline for …

… The dual burden of malnutrition poses a threat to children's health in low- and middle-income
countries. We must remain committed to reducing undernutrition while simultaneously …

… and severe stunting (height-for-age < −2 standard deviations from the median) was 29.9%.
The number of children with moderate and severe stunting was highest in South Asia, …

… ) as an additional burden. This is now referred as the “double burden of malnutrition.”
Originally described in adults, the double burden of malnutrition is now affecting children (1, 2), …

… to further our understanding of the Barker hypotheses and nutrition transition theory, and
importantly to address children who are truly suffering a double burden of malnutrition.16 …

… double burden of malnutrition (DBM) among women of reproductive age (WRA) and preschool
children in low- and middle-income … among WRA and preschool children in LMICs. A …

… in children and adolescents will exceed the prevalence of undernutrition. Third, a double
burden of nutritional disease now exists in many regions of the world, such as the Middle East …

… Hence, to be able to design appropriate interventions to tackle the double burden of
maternal overweight/obesity and childhood anaemia, we first need a more comprehensive …

… Characterisation of the double burden We used two definitions of DBM, one for population-level
and another for individual-level analyses. At population level, the number of countries …

… from chronic undernutrition during childhood. Secondly, this double burden can occur at the
… The dual-burden household is more common in middle-income countries undergoing rapid …