Linear growth failure (stunting) in childhood is the most prevalent form of undernutrition
globally. The debate continues as to whether children who become stunted before age 24 …

Malnutrition has historically been researched and addressed within two distinct silos,
focusing either on undernutrition, food insecurity, and micronutrient deficiencies, or on …

Almost 2 billion adults in the world are overweight, and more than half of them are classified
as obese, while nearly one-third of children globally experience poor growth and …

Epidemiologic and clinical research has provided a large body of evidence supporting the
developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD), but there has been a relative dearth …

Nutrition disparities and the global burden of malnutrition Page 1 the bmj | BMJ 2018;361:k2252
| doi: 10.1136/bmj.k2252 1 Science and PoliticS of nutrition Nutrition disparities and the global …

We have so much choice over what we eat today because rural communities all over the
world have had their choices taken away. To understand how our supermarket shopping …

Decomposing stature into its major components is proving to be a useful strategy to assess
the antecedents of disease, morbidity and death in adulthood. Human leg length (femur+ …

Undernutrition is one of the most important public health problems, affecting more than 900
million individuals around the World. It is responsible for the highest mortality rate in children …

Objective: This paper explores the unique nutrition transition shifts in diet and activity
patterns from the period termed the receding famine pattern to the one dominated by …

Background Stunting and overweight are nutritional problems affecting most of sub-Saharan
Africa. The region now has the world's highest rate of stunting among children (43%), while …