The survival and nutrition of children and, to a lesser extent, adolescents have improved
substantially in the past two decades. Improvements have been linked to the delivery of …

Middle childhood and early adolescence have received disproportionately low levels of
scientific attention relative to other life stages, especially as related to nutrition and health …

Objectives Many developing countries currently face a double burden of malnutrition (DBM)
at the household level, defined by the World Health Organization, as when a mother may be …

Childhood stunting remains a public health burden worldwide. Although many studies have
examined early life and in‐utero risk factors; most have been observational and have used …

Abstract Information on malnutrition for school‐age children and adolescents (5–19 years) in
South Asia is fragmented and inconsistent, which limits the prioritization of nutrition policies …

The health and nutrition of the global adolescent population have been under-researched,
in spite of its significant size (1.2 billion). This study investigates the prevalence and …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To investigate birth-to-childhood tracking of linear growth and
weight gain across the distribution of length/height and weight for age z-scores and …

Background There is limited evidence about lifetime burden of child malnutrition. This study
aimed to estimate the lifetime impact of being underweight or overweight/obese during …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To assess the longitudinal effect of double burden of malnutrition
(DBM) on the risk of developing child and adolescent overweight or obesity. METHODS …

Abstract Background Over recent decades, Vietnam has experienced rapid economic
growth, a nutrition transition from the traditional diet to highly-processed and calorie-dense …