The relationship between wasting and stunting in young children: A systematic review

S Thurstans, N Sessions, C Dolan… - Maternal & Child …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In 2014, the Emergency Nutrition Network published a report on the relationship
between wasting and stunting. We aim to review evidence generated since that review to …

Revisiting maternal and child undernutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: variable progress towards an unfinished agenda

CG Victora, P Christian, LP Vidaletti… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
Summary 13 years after the first Lancet Series on maternal and child undernutrition, we
reviewed the progress achieved on the basis of global estimates and new analyses of 50 …

[HTML][HTML] The need to study human milk as a biological system

P Christian, ER Smith, SE Lee, AJ Vargas… - The American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Critical advancement is needed in the study of human milk as a biological system that
intersects and interacts with myriad internal (maternal biology) and external (diet …

[HTML][HTML] How can nutrition research better reflect the relationship between wasting and stunting in children? Learnings from the Wasting and Stunting project

K Sadler, PT James, ZA Bhutta, A Briend, S Isanaka… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Childhood wasting and stunting affect large numbers of children globally. Both are important
risk factors for illness and death yet, despite the fact that these conditions can share common …

Child wasting and concurrent stunting in low-and middle-income countries

A Mertens, J Benjamin-Chung, JM Colford Jr… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Sustainable Development Goal 2.2—to end malnutrition by 2030—includes the
elimination of child wasting, defined as a weight-for-length z-score that is more than two …

[HTML][HTML] Human milk micronutrients and child growth and body composition in the first 2 years: a systematic review

SM Reyes, MM Brockway, JM McDermid, D Chan… - Advances in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Human milk (HM) provides a plethora of nutritional and non-nutritional compounds that
support infant development. For many compounds, concentrations vary substantially among …

Impacts of air pollution on child growth: Evidence from extensive data in Chinese counties

L Xu, K Feng, S Shao - Global Environmental Change, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite extensive research on the detrimental effects of air pollution on health, limited focus
has been directed toward the impact of air pollution on child growth. Utilizing comprehensive …

Exploring the relationships between wasting and stunting among a cohort of children under two years of age in Niger

K Kohlmann, CR Sudfeld, S Garba, O Guindo… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Wasting and stunting, physical growth manifestations of child undernutrition,
have historically been considered separately with distinct interventions at the program …

Causes and consequences of child growth failure in low-and middle-income countries

A Mertens, J Benjamin-Chung, JM Colford Jr, J Coyle… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Child growth failure is associated with a higher risk of illness and mortality, which
contributed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2.2 to end malnutrition by …

Causes and consequences of child growth faltering in low-resource settings

A Mertens, J Benjamin-Chung, JM Colford Jr, J Coyle… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Growth faltering in children (low length for age or low weight for length) during the first 1,000
days of life (from conception to 2 years of age) influences short-term and long-term health …