Evidence-based interventions for improvement of maternal and child nutrition: what can be done and at what cost?

Maternal undernutrition contributes to 800 000 neonatal deaths annually through small for gestational age births; stunting, wasting, and micronutrient deficiencies are estimated to underlie nearly 3·1 million child deaths annually. Progress has been made with many interventions implemented at scale...

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Published in:	The Lancet (British edition) Vol. 382; no. 9890; pp. 452 - 477
Main Authors:	Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Das, Jai K, Rizvi, Arjumand, Gaffey, Michelle F, Walker, Neff, Horton, Susan, Webb, Patrick, Lartey, Anna, Black, Robert E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 03.08.2013 Elsevier Elsevier Limited
Subjects:	Acids Adolescent Age Agricultural economics Anemia Babies behavior change Biological and medical sciences Birth defects Birth Intervals - statistics & numerical data Birth weight Breast Feeding Breastfeeding & lactation Calcium - administration & dosage Child child nutrition Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology Child, Preschool Children Children & youth community health workers Community involvement Community participation Constriction Dietary Supplements education employment Empowerment Evidence-Based Medicine Fatalities Female Folic Acid - administration & dosage Food General aspects Growth Disorders - epidemiology growth retardation Human nutrition Humans Infant Infant mortality Infant, Newborn Internal Medicine Iodine Iodine - administration & dosage iodine deficiency Iron Iron - administration & dosage Low income groups Malnutrition Malnutrition - mortality Malnutrition - prevention & control Medical personnel Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Micronutrients - administration & dosage Miscellaneous mortality Neonates Newborn babies Nutrient deficiency Nutrition nutritional intervention Nutritional Status Nutritional Support Obesity Perinatal Care Populations Preconception Care - methods Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications - prevention & control Pregnancy Outcome Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena - physiology Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic risk Risk Factors Small for gestational age Social protection Teenagers Umbilical Cord Undernutrition Vitamin A Vitamin B Vitamins - administration & dosage women Womens health Human Costs Nutrition Evidence-based practice Feeding Medicine Improvement Mother Diet Health economy Economic aspect Child Public health
ISSN:	0140-6736, 1474-547X, 1474-547X
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