Introduction Globally, about 45 million under-five children have suffered from wasting where
Asian and African countries have the major share of these wasted children. Despite wasting …

Background and Objectives: South Asia hosts the largest proportion of undernourished
children in the world. Hidden hunger and undernutrition continue to be a major global health …

Heightened food insecurity in the hunger season increases the risk of severe acute
malnutrition (SAM) in childhood. This study examined the association of season of birth with …

Background and objectives Studies in low-and middle-income countries where nutrition
transition is underway provides mixed evidence of double burden of maternal overnutrition …

Background In lower-middle-income settings, growth faltering in the first 6 mo of life occurs
despite exclusive breastfeeding. Objective The aim was to test the efficacy of an approach to …

Under-five mortality rate in India has been steadily decreasing but still the contribution of
malnutrition to child deaths is quite high. Despite decades of nutritional interventions, out of …

Background Weight for length z-score (WLZ)<− 3 is currently used to define severe acute
malnutrition (SAM) among infants. However, this approach has important limitations for …

Abstract Background and Aim: Nutritional Rehabilitation Centres (NRCs) have been
established for the facility-based management of children with severe acute malnutrition …

Background: Wasting and underweight in infancy is an increasingly recognised problem but
consensus on optimum assessment is lacking. In particular, there is uncertainty on how to …

Objectives To explore perceptions of healthcare providers and mothers of children with
severe wasting on the perceived reasons for severe wasting, constraints on the …