Interventions such as nutritional supplementation during pregnancy and the postnatal period could help prevent growth faltering, but programmatic action has been insufficient to eliminate the high burden of stunting and wasting in low- and middle-income countries. Identification of age windows and ...
To improve our understanding of the complex relationships and associations between wasting and stunting, in the hope that this may inform more connected, evidence-based and effective policy, resour…" [more]doi:10.1016/B0-12-226694-3/00200-3A. Briend...
Child hunger brings about stunting, being underweight and wasting. Stunting is a condition whereby children are far below the standard height for their age affecting their brain function. There are over 53 million children on the continent that have stunted growth due o malnutrition as at 2013. A...
When two of these variables are used together they are called an index. Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) is used for individuals aged 6months and older. The common anthropometric parameters are Height-for-age used to assess stunting and is used to detect children who have been undernourished...
wastingstuntingprevalence rateunder-five childrenSudanBackground: Malnutrition among under-ve children have significant interest for the health authorities in Sudan. This is considered by the fact that the prevalence of underweight children in Sudan is among the highest in the world and it is ...
The term malnutrition covers several conditions across the life-course such as overnutrition (overweight/obesity), micronutrient deficiencies, and undernutrition (underweight, stunting and wasting) [2]. Every country in the world is affected by one or more forms of malnutrition, making this health ...