[Series] Revisiting maternal and child undernutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: variable progress towards an unfinished agenda

alkiviadis.1961 shared this article with you from Inoreader [Series] Revisiting maternal and child undernutrition in low-income and middle-income countries: variable progress towards an unfinished agenda Via The Lancet 13 years after the first Lancet Series on maternal and child undernutrition, we reviewed the progress achieved on the basis of global estimates and new analyses of 50 low-income and middle-income countries with national surveys from around 2000 and 2015. The prevalence of childhood stunting has fallen, and linear growth faltering in early life has become less pronounced over time, markedly in middle-income countries but less so in low-income countries. Stunting and wasting remain public health problems in low-income countries, where 4·7% of children are simultaneously affected by both, a condition associated with a 4·8-times increase in mortality. View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.