Malnutrition has historically been researched and addressed within two distinct silos,
focusing either on undernutrition, food insecurity, and micronutrient deficiencies, or on …

In East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia, 42.6% of children under five had stunted
growth in 2018, which affects both individual and communal levels. The first step in creating …

Background Child growth stunting remains a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, where 34% of
children under 5 years are stunted, and causing detrimental impact at individual and societal …

Background Until recently, undernourished children were usually assessed using simple
anthropometric measurements, which provide global assessments of nutritional status …

Mexico is experiencing an epidemiological and nutritional transition period, and Mexican
children are often affected by the double burden of malnutrition, which includes …

Background Over the past two decades, Rwanda has experienced impressive economic
growth, resulting in considerable improvements in living standards and poverty reduction …

Young Lives (YL) is a multicountry, birth cohort study that, over a period of 15 years, followed
nearly 8,000 individuals born in 2001–2002 and 4,000 individuals born in 1994–1995 in …

Background: Weight can be adjusted for height using the Benn parameter (kg/mB), where B
is the power that minimises the correlation with height. Aim: To investigate how the Benn …

Stunting or short stature in children is a significant nutritional problem in develo** and
underdeveloped countries. Stunting during childhood might affect brain development and …

Background The double burden of malnutrition is the co-occurrence of undernutrition (eg
underweight, stunting, and micronutrient deficiencies) and over-nutrition (eg obesity, type 2 …