Childhood undernutrition continues to be a major public health problem and one of the most
common causes of morbidity and mortality in develo** countries. The risk factors of child …

Background Malnutrition is a major contributor to disease burden in India. To inform
subnational action, we aimed to assess the disease burden due to malnutrition and the …

Current food systems are failing to guide children towards healthy diets. This paper presents
a tool to identify the actions needed to reorient food systems to become more child-centred …

Rapid urban expansion has important health implications. This study examines trends and
inequalities in undernutrition and overnutrition by gender, residence (rural, urban slum …

Abstract In 2015–16 some 38% of preschool children in India were stunted, 21% wasted,
and more than half of Indian mothers and young children were anemic. Though widely …

South Asia continues to be the global hub for child undernutrition with 35% of children still
stunted in 2017. This paper aimed to identify factors associated with stunting among children …

Early marriage (EM) and early childbearing (ECB) have far‐reaching consequences. This
study describes the prevalence, trends, inequalities, and drivers of EM and ECB in South …

ABSTRACT Background The multicountry Women First trial demonstrated that nutritional
supplementation initiated prior to conception (arm 1) or early pregnancy (arm 2) and …

Do firstborn children have a height advantage? Empirical findings have found mostly that,
yes, second or higher-order children often lag behind firstborns in height outcomes …

Background Malnutrition was the main cause of death among children below 5 years in
every state of India in 2017. Despite several flagship programmes and schemes …