Global, regional and national epidemiology and prevalence of child stunting, wasting and underweight in low- and middle-income countries, 2006–2018

In 2016, undernutrition, as manifested in childhood stunting, wasting, and underweight were estimated to cause over 1.0 million deaths, 3.9% of years of life lost, and 3.8% of disability-adjusted life years globally. The objective of this study is to estimate the prevalence of undernutrition in low-...

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Published in:	Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 5204 - 12
Main Authors:	Ssentongo, Paddy, Ssentongo, Anna E., Ba, Djibril M., Ericson, Jessica E., Na, Muzi, Gao, Xiang, Fronterre, Claudio, Chinchilli, Vernon M., Schiff, Steven J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Nature Publishing Group UK 04.03.2021 Nature Publishing Group Nature Portfolio
Subjects:	692/699/1702 692/699/255 Access to education Age Child, Preschool Children Developing Countries - economics Epidemiology Female Geographical variations Growth Disorders - economics Growth Disorders - epidemiology Growth Disorders - metabolism Growth Disorders - pathology Health Surveys Heterogeneity Human Development Index Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Life expectancy Life span Low income groups Male Malnutrition Malnutrition - economics Malnutrition - epidemiology Malnutrition - pathology multidisciplinary Poverty - economics Regression analysis Science Science (multidisciplinary) Sustainable development Thinness - economics Thinness - epidemiology Thinness - pathology Undernutrition Underweight Wasting Syndrome - economics Wasting Syndrome - epidemiology Wasting Syndrome - metabolism Wasting Syndrome - pathology Asia
ISSN:	2045-2322, 2045-2322
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