[HTML][HTML] Perspective: what does stunting really mean? A critical review of the evidence

JL Leroy, EA Frongillo - Advances in Nutrition, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The past decade has seen an unprecedented increase in attention to undernutrition, and
drastically reducing child stunting has become a global development objective. The strong …

Childhood stunting: a global perspective

M De Onis, F Branca - Maternal & child nutrition, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Childhood stunting is the best overall indicator of children's well‐being and an accurate
reflection of social inequalities. Stunting is the most prevalent form of child malnutrition with …

Animal sourced foods and child stunting

D Headey, K Hirvonen, J Hoddinott - 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Stunting affects 160 million pre‐school children globally with adverse life‐long
consequences. While work within nutritional science suggests that stunting in early …

Child malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis of demographic and health surveys (2006-2016)

BJ Akombi, KE Agho, D Merom, AM Renzaho, JJ Hall - PloS one, 2017‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest levels of child malnutrition globally.
Therefore, a critical look at the distribution of malnutrition within its sub-regions is required to …

Stunting and severe stunting among children under-5 years in Nigeria: A multilevel analysis

BJ Akombi, KE Agho, JJ Hall, D Merom, T Astell-Burt… - BMC pediatrics, 2017‏ - Springer
Background Stunting has been identified as one of the major proximal risk factors for poor
physical and mental development of children under-5 years. Stunting predominantly occurs …

The stunting syndrome in develo** countries

AJ Prendergast, JH Humphrey - Paediatrics and international child …, 2014‏ - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Nutrition, infection and stunting: the roles of deficiencies of individual nutrients and foods, and of inflammation, as determinants of reduced linear growth of children

DJ Millward - Nutrition research reviews, 2017‏ - cambridge.org
The regulation of linear growth by nutritional and inflammatory influences is examined in
terms of growth-plate endochondral ossification, in order to better understand stunted growth …

[HTML][HTML] How countries can reduce child stunting at scale: lessons from exemplar countries

ZA Bhutta, N Akseer, EC Keats, T Vaivada… - The American journal of …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Background Child stunting and linear growth faltering have declined over the past few
decades and several countries have made exemplary progress. Objectives To synthesize …

Adult height, nutrition, and population health

JM Perkins, SV Subramanian, G Davey Smith… - Nutrition …, 2016‏ - academic.oup.com
In this review, the potential causes and consequences of adult height, a measure of
cumulative net nutrition, in modern populations are summarized. The mechanisms linking …

Impact of stunting on early childhood cognitive development in Benin: evidence from Demographic and Health Survey

M Ekholuenetale, A Barrow, CE Ekholuenetale… - Egyptian Pediatric …, 2020‏ - Springer
Background Proper nutrition is crucial for enhancing brain function and improving learning.
Over time, large evidence has existed to show that childhood undernutrition, marked by …