"The body is already deficient, meaning that their bones and muscles are not getting the nutrients, especially minerals and proteins, required for optimal growth. It affects the health and physical abilities of these children throughout their lives," explains Benedikte Grenov of the University of ...
Despite considerable public health efforts over the past 20 years, childhood stunting (physical and/or cognitive) levels globally remain unacceptably high—at 22% amongst children under 5 years old in 2020. The aetiology of stunting is complex and s
education and economic outcomes [1,2]. While public health efforts have led to a considerable reduction in the global number of stunted children over the past 20 years, from 203 to 149 million [3], stunting levels remain unacceptably high. Indeed, the absolute figure for stunted children in ...
From the OR value of anemia, it is obtained 3.504, meaning that mothers who have anemia during pregnancy have a chance to have children with stunting by 3.504 times compared to mothers who do not experience anemia during pregnancy. Likewise, from the OR value of family income, it w...
Infectious has a slightly different meaning. It refers to diseases caused by infectious agents—agents such as viruses and bacteria that are not normally present in the body and can cause an infection. While the notion of contagiousness goes back to ancient times, the idea of infectious diseases...
1. INTRODUCTION According to global data, it is estimated that 26% of children under five worldwide experience stunting.[1] Stunting or shortness is the condition of a child with a shorter height than children his age due to chronic malnutrition from in the womb until the child is born (...
Globally, reducing the burden of wasting and stunting among under five children is a top priority. In 2022, stunting affected 148.1 million children worldwide, representing 22.3% of those under the age of 5. Additionally, around 45 million children under five experienced wasting. The majority of...
Low Birth Weight (LBW) is considered as a major public health issue and leading cause of neonatal death. Almost one in four newborns are reported as underweight in Pakistan. Children born with low birth weight are highly vulnerable to develop diseases an
policy responses to child malnutrition. Next, we present the ways in which nutrition status and nutrition-related indicators have been measured and studied in Afghanistan. Finally, we present nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions that aimed to improve the nutrition status of children....
This context has been implicated in disrupting mothers' decisions regarding effective infant feeding, ultimately meaning that children's nutritional demands remain unmet. In view of this, we conducted a cross-sectional study to determine the association between socio-demographic fa...