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Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017

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posted on 2023-06-07, 07:03 authored by Damaris K Kinyoki, Jennifer M Ross, Alice Lazzar-Atwood, Sandra B Munro, Lauren E Schaeffer, Natalia V Bhattacharjee, Michael L Collison, Michael A Cork, Natalie Cormier, Nicole Davis Weaver, Aniruddha Deshpande, Samath Dhamminda Dharmaratne, Lucas Earl, Nathaniel J Henry, Kebede Kassaye, LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators, others
A double burden of malnutrition occurs when individuals, household members or communities experience both undernutrition and overweight. Here, we show geospatial estimates of overweight and wasting prevalence among children under 5 years of age in 105 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) from 2000 to 2017 and aggregate these to policy-relevant administrative units. Wasting decreased overall across LMICs between 2000 and 2017, from 8.4% (62.3 (55.1–70.8) million) to 6.4% (58.3 (47.6–70.7) million), but is predicted to remain above the World Health Organization’s Global Nutrition Target of <5% in over half of LMICs by 2025. Prevalence of overweight increased from 5.2% (30 (22.8–38.5) million) in 2000 to 6.0% (55.5 (44.8–67.9) million) children aged under 5 years in 2017. Areas most affected by double burden of malnutrition were located in Indonesia, Thailand, southeastern China, Botswana, Cameroon and central Nigeria. Our estimates provide a new perspective to researchers, policy makers and public health agencies in their efforts to address this global childhood syndemic.

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The Global Atlas of Podoconiosis; G1974; WELLCOME TRUST; 201900/Z/16/Z

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  • Published

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Journal

Nature Medicine

ISSN

1078-8956

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Nature Research

Volume

26

Page range

750-759

Event location

United States

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  • Global Health and Infection Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2020-05-20

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-05-20

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2020-05-19

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