Background Parents are the primary caregivers of young children. Responsive parent–child
relationships and parental support for learning during the earliest years of life are crucial for …

Presented here is an overview of the pathway from early nutrient deficiency to long-term
brain function, cognition, and productivity, focusing on research from low-and middle-income …

Acceleration of progress in nutrition will require effective, large-scale nutrition-sensitive
programmes that address key underlying determinants of nutrition and enhance the …

Enabling young children to achieve their full developmental potential is a human right and
an essential requisite for sustainable development. Given the critical importance of enabling …

Background Stimulation and nutrition delivered through health programmes at a large scale
could potentially benefit more than 200 million young children worldwide who are not …

Objective To assess the effectiveness of an integrated early child development intervention,
combining stimulation and micronutrient supplementation and delivered on a large scale in …

Poverty and associated health, nutrition, and social factors prevent at least 200 million
children in developing countries from attaining their developmental potential. We review the …

Health and nutritional risks co-occur in the lives of children under the age of 2 years who live
in developing countries. We review evidence showing how these risks, in addition to …

This article reviews the central role of nutrition in advancing the maternal, newborn, and
child health agenda with a focus on evidence for effective interventions generated using …

We conducted a systematic review of studies that examined the effect of interventions
combining a child development component with a nutrition one; in some cases the nutrition …