Advancing child nutrition science in the scaling up nutrition era: a systematic scoping review of stunting research in Guatemala.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Ever since the 1960s, Guatemala has been a principle site for global academic research on child growth and nutrition. Nevertheless, Guatemala still has one of the highest rates of child stunting in the world. Since 2012, Guatemala has had a comprehensive national policy on stunting, calling for a renewed investment in innovative, multilevel nutrition interventions and implementation science. Our objective was to perform a systematic search and scoping review of the literature on stunting in Guatemala to identify gaps in research and opportunities for responding to this unique policy opportunity.

Methods

We conducted a systematic search and scoping review on stunting in Guatemala, searching the PubMed, Web of Science and PsycINFO databases. Eligible articles were

SUBMITTER: Cordon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7015046 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature