Strategies and interventions for healthy adolescent growth, nutrition, and development

D Hargreaves, E Mates, P Menon, H Alderman… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Adolescence is a pivotal point in the life course, characterised by transformative physical,
cognitive, and emotional growth, an openness to change, and a drive to reshape the social …

Mobilising evidence, data, and resources to achieve global maternal and child undernutrition targets and the Sustainable Development Goals: an agenda for action

RA Heidkamp, E Piwoz, S Gillespie, EC Keats… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
As the world counts down to the 2025 World Health Assembly nutrition targets and the 2030
Sustainable Development Goals, millions of women, children, and adolescents worldwide …

[HTML][HTML] Micronutrient deficiencies among preschool-aged children and women of reproductive age worldwide: a pooled analysis of individual-level data from …

GA Stevens, T Beal, MNN Mbuya, H Luo… - The Lancet Global …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Micronutrient deficiencies compromise immune systems, hinder child growth
and development, and affect human potential worldwide. Yet, to our knowledge, the only …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence, years lived with disability, and trends in anaemia burden by severity and cause, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study …

WM Gardner, C Razo, TA McHugh, H Hagins… - The Lancet …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Anaemia is a major health problem worldwide. Global estimates of anaemia
burden are crucial for developing appropriate interventions to meet current international …

Act now before Ukraine war plunges millions into malnutrition

S Osendarp, G Verburg, Z Bhutta, RE Black, S de Pee… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
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[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of child stunting in Sub-Saharan Africa and its risk factors

SH Quamme, PO Iversen - Clinical Nutrition Open Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Summary Background & Aims Child stunting (impaired height-for-age) is a marker of chronic
undernutrition and results from insufficient energy and nutrient uptakes. Stunting has severe …

Effects of Cooking with Liquefied Petroleum Gas or Biomass on Stunting in Infants

W Checkley, LM Thompson, SS Sinharoy… - … England Journal of …, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Household air pollution is associated with stunted growth in infants. Whether
the replacement of biomass fuel (eg, wood, dung, or agricultural crop waste) with liquefied …

Interlinkages between climate change and food systems: the impact on child malnutrition—narrative review

C Agostoni, M Baglioni, A La Vecchia, G Molari, C Berti - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
The pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change represent severe threats to
child health. They co-occur; interact with each other to produce sequelae at biological …

What can work and how? An overview of evidence-based interventions and delivery strategies to support health and human development from before conception to …

T Vaivada, ZS Lassi, O Irfan, RA Salam, JK Das, C Oh… - The Lancet, 2022 - thelancet.com
Progress has been made globally in improving the coverage of key maternal, newborn, and
early childhood interventions in low-income and middle-income countries, which has …

Effects of malnutrition on the immune system and infection and the role of nutritional strategies regarding improvements in children's health status: A literature review

F Morales, S Montserrat-de la Paz, MJ Leon… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Malnutrition refers to a person's status as under-or overnourished, and it is usually
associated with an inflammation status, which can subsequently imply a different health …