Background Progress has been made worldwide in reducing chronic undernutrition and
rates of linear growth stunting in children under 5 y of age, although rates still remain high in …

Diabetes is pervasive, exponentially growing in prevalence, and outpacing most diseases
globally. In this Series paper, we use new theoretical frameworks and a narrative review of …

Existing evidence on the impacts of parental education on child nutrition is plagued by both
internal and external validity concerns. In this paper we try to address these concerns …

Stunting is a global burden affecting nearly 160 million children younger than five years of
age. Whilst the linkages between nutrition and stunting are well recognized, there is a need …

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 …

Background Despite sustained economic growth and reduction in money metric poverty in
last two decades, prevalence of malnutrition remained high in India. During 1992–2016, the …

Background Growth faltering largely occurs in the first 23 months after birth and is thought to
be largely determined by various harmful or protective socioeconomic conditions. Children …

According to the Blacks' Diminished Return theory, the health effects of high socioeconomic
status (SES) are systemically smaller for Black compared to White families. One hypothesis …

Objective To determine the magnitude of relationships of early life factors with child
development in low/middle-income countries (LMICs). Design Meta-analyses of …

Background WHO documents characterize stunting as,“… impaired growth and
development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection, and …