Linear growth failure is the most common form of undernutrition globally. With an estimated
165 million children below 5 years of age affected, stunting has been identified as a major …

Objective Currently, stunting is seen as a serious public health problem. Although its
prevalence has decreased, the stunting rate is a large number of cases in the world …

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I Nutritional anaemias: tools for effective prevention and control I NUTRITIONAL ANAEMIAS …

Background Child stunting and linear growth faltering have declined over the past few
decades and several countries have made exemplary progress. Objectives To synthesize …

Food systems are at the center of a brewing storm consisting of a rapidly changing climate,
rising hunger and malnutrition, and significant social inequities. At the same time, there are …

Stunting is highly prevalent in Indonesian children. The objective of this study was to identify
the associations of stunting with morbidity, parental education and socioeconomic status …

Background Wasting and stunting are common. They are implicated in the deaths of almost
two million children each year and account for over 12% of disability-adjusted life years lost …

Background The etiologic relationship between wasting and stunting is poorly understood,
largely because of a lack of high-quality longitudinal data from children at risk of …

South Asia continues to carry the greatest share and number of wasted children worldwide.
Understanding the determinants of wasting is important as policymakers renew efforts to …

Wasting and stunting are often presented as two separate forms of malnutrition requiring
different interventions for prevention and/or treatment. These two forms of malnutrition …