Early-childhood linear growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT: Globally, 149 million children under 5 years of age are estimated to be stunted (length more than 2 standard deviations below international growth standards)^1,2. Stunting, a form of linear growth faltering, increases the risk of illness, impaired cognitive development and mortality. Global stunting estimates rely on cross-sectional surveys, which cannot provide direct information about the timing of onset or persistence of growth faltering-a key consideration for defining critical windows to deliver preventive interventions. Here we completed a pooled analysis of longitudinal studies in low- and middle-income countries (n = 32 cohorts, 52,640 children, ages 0-24 months), allowing us to identify the typical age of onset of linear growth faltering and to investigate recurrent falt

SUBMITTER: Benjamin-Chung J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10511325 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature