Catch-up growth following early-life stunting in a low-resource area in rural Tanzania: the MAL-ED Metabolic study.

ABSTRACT: Poor linear growth over time can lead to stunting, a significant public health problem in low-resource settings. Catch-up growth, the process of accelerated growth following growth faltering, is important for mitigating the long-term impacts of early stunting. This study aimed to identify key predictors of growth over time, stunting and catch-up growth among children in rural Tanzania. We evaluated 182 children from the Etiology, Risk Factors, and Interactions of Enteric Infections and Malnutrition and the Consequences for Child Health and Development cohort, whose anthropometric measurements were collected at six points from birth to 11.5 years. We assessed outcomes of height-for-age z-score (HAZ), stunting and catch-up growth using mixed-model linear and logistic regression to assess ass

SUBMITTER: Nemati K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12374642 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature