Actions to address different forms of malnutrition are typically managed by separate
communities, policies, programmes, governance structures, and funding streams. By …

This review addresses the prevalence of zinc deficiency in Low‐and Middle‐income
Countries (LMICs) and assesses the available strategies for its alleviation. The paucity of …

The regulation of linear growth by nutritional and inflammatory influences is examined in
terms of growth-plate endochondral ossification, in order to better understand stunted growth …

Micronutrient deficiencies continue to be widespread among children under-five in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs), despite the fact that several effective strategies now exist …

Background Stunting affects about one-quarter of children under five worldwide. The
pathogenesis of stunting is poorly understood. Nutritional interventions have had only …

Iron deficiency (ID) is the most common micronutrient deficiency worldwide and young
children are a special risk group because their rapid growth leads to high iron requirements …

Background: From the 1950s to the mid-1970s, United Nations (UN) agencies were focused
on protein malnutrition as the major worldwide nutritional problem. The goal of this review is …

There is consensus on how to treat severe malnutrition, but there is no agreement on the
most cost-effective way to treat infants and young children with moderate malnutrition who …

Annotation. This report offers a rationale for urgently scaling up effective interventions to
reduce the global burden of child and maternal undernutrition. It provides information on …

Background Most attempts to address undernutrition, responsible for one third of global child
deaths, have fallen behind expectations. This suggests that the assumptions underlying …