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 …

Childhood undernutrition in North Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

NF Elmighrabi, CAK Fleming, MV Dhami… - Global Health …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Undernutrition remains a major public health issue in low-and middle-income
countries. Objective Our aim for this study was to identify the factors contributing to …

Maternal obesity and risk of low birth weight, fetal growth restriction, and macrosomia: multiple analyses

M Lewandowska - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
The associations between maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and low birth weight (LBW,<
2500 g) remain inconclusive. Therefore, birth weight in a Polish prospective cohort of 912 …

Factors associated with stunting among children under 5 years in five South Asian countries (2014–2018): Analysis of demographic health surveys

N Wali, KE Agho, AMN Renzaho - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
South Asia continues to be the global hub for child undernutrition with 35% of children still
stunted in 2017. This paper aimed to identify factors associated with stunting among children …

Contribution of low birth weight to childhood undernutrition in India: evidence from the national family health survey 2019–2021

A Jana, D Dey, R Ghosh - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Infants born with low birth weight (LBW), ie less than 2500g, is considered an
important factor of malnutrition in Asia. In India, research related to this issue is still …

Prevalence and risk predictors of childhood stunting in Bangladesh

F Abdulla, A Rahman, MM Hossain - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background The child nutritional status of a country is a potential indicator of socioeconomic
development. Child malnutrition is still the leading cause of severe health and welfare …

Prevalence, trends, and socioeconomic determinants of coexisting forms of malnutrition amongst children under five years of age in Pakistan

A Khaliq, D Wraith, Y Miller, S Nambiar-Mann - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
In Pakistan, malnutrition is a chronic issue. Concerns regarding coexisting forms of
malnutrition (CFM) in an individual child are emerging, as children suffering from CFM have …

Water, sanitation, and hygiene as a priority intervention for stunting in under-five children in northwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

A Ademas, M Adane, A Keleb, G Berihun… - Italian journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Stunting was a significant public health problem for under-five in developing
countries including Ethiopia. Globally, it was estimated 21.9% or 149 million (81.7 million in …

Determinants of socioeconomic and rural-urban disparities in stunting: evidence from Indonesia

V Widyaningsih, T Mulyaningsih… - Rural and remote …, 2022 - search.informit.org
Introduction: Stunting continues to be a prominent health problem in Indonesia. Stunting
prevalence is higher in children from poor families or living in rural areas; however, there …

Pooled prevalence of stunting and associated factors among children aged 6–59 months in Sub-Saharan Africa countries: A Bayesian multilevel approach

BA Takele, LD Gezie, TS Alamneh - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Over 155 million children under five suffer from stunting, and it is responsible for
over one million deaths and 54.9 million Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYS) of under …