The World Health Organization's (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is suffering
from a double burden of malnutrition in which undernutrition coexists with rising rates of …

Background Food insecurity has detrimental effects in protecting child undernutrition. This
study sought to determine the level of child undernutrition and its association with food …

Background: Poor nutrition during childhood impedes physical and mental development of
children, which propagate the vicious cycle of intergenerational under nutrition. This paper is …

The prevalence of stunting, wasting, and underweight are reported separately. However, the
data of the multiple anthropometric failures combinations of these conventional indicators …

The aim of this study was to examine the association between household food insecurity
and nutritional status among children aged 24–59 months in Haromaya District. Children …

The public health burden of nutritional deficiency and child mortality is the major challenge
India is facing upfront. In this context, using National Family Health Survey, 2015–16 data …

Background In 2019, 144 million under-five-year-old children were stunted, and 47 million
were wasted globally. In Ethiopia, approximately 350,000 children are estimated to die each …

Objective To examine the association between household access to water, sanitation and
handwashing (WaSH) facilities and child undernutrition in Bangladesh. Design, setting and …

Background and Objectives Wasting among under-five years old (U-5) children is a
significant global public-health-nutrition burden. To effectively address this problem in …

Objective: This study aimed to examine in Colombian rural households the association
between different severity levels of household food insecurity and the presence of the …