Objectives The widespread variation seen in human growth globally stands at odds with the
global health perspective that young child growth should not vary across populations if …

Public health practitioners and social scientists frequently compare height against one‐size‐
fits‐all standards of human growth to assess well‐being, deprivation, and disease risk …

Globally, as well as in India, the prevalence of stunting is a commonly used metric to quantify
undernutrition among children. Stunting prevalence is the proportion of children younger …

Importance Irrespective of their genetic makeup, children living in an ideal home
environment that supports healthy growth have similar growth potential. However, whether …

Nigeria is an interesting case study because it outperforms other lower middle-income
countries in economic development, yet ranks among the lowest in the world in …

Aims The incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) has increased significantly over the last
decades. Population height is changing in many countries. Height is an important risk factor …

Background Temporally-harmonized asset-based measures of wealth can be used to study
the association of life-course wealth exposures in the same scale with health outcomes in …

Background Home environment provides stimulation and learning opportunities required for
children's early development. However, few studies have focused on the effects of home …

Poor child nutrition is a major public health challenge in Tanzania. Large between and
within regional nutritional inequalities exist in rural and urban areas. We looked at how …

Unmet need plays a critical role in reproductive health research, evaluation, and advocacy.
Although conceptually straightforward, its estimation suffers from a number of …