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ReviewMaternal & child nutrition2013

Contextualising complementary feeding in a broader framework for stunting prevention.

Christine P Stewart, Lora Iannotti, Kathryn G Dewey, Kim F Michaelsen, Adelheid W Onyango

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Review in Maternal & child nutrition, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05779904 (DNA Methylation, Microbiome Profile, Nutritional Status, and Developmental Outcomes of Stunted and Non-stunted Children Growing up During Covid-19 Pandemic), which is not on this map. Cited by 284 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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284citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
11.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05779904 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

DNA Methylation, Microbiome Profile, Nutritional Status, and Developmental Outcomes of Stunted and Non-stunted Children Growing up During Covid-19 Pandemic: a Case-control Study

TypeobservationalSponsorSEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and NutritionRan2023 to 2024Enrolled300ConditionsStunting, Development, Child, DNA Methylation, Epigenetics
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

284 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 712 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Christine P StewartProgram in International and Community Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA.
Lora Iannotti
Kathryn G Dewey
Kim F Michaelsen
Adelheid W Onyango
University of California, Davis · USCouncil on Health Research for Development · CHUniversity of Copenhagen · DKWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An estimated 165 million children are stunted due to the combined effects of poor nutrition, repeated infection and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. The complementary feeding period, generally corresponding to age 6-24 months, represents an important period of sensitivity to stunting with lifelong, possibly irrevocable consequences. Interventions to improve complementary feeding practices or the nutritional quality of complementary foods must take into consideration the contextual as well as proximal determinants of stunting. This review presents a conceptual framework that highlights the role of complementary feeding within the layers of contextual and causal factors that lead to stunted growth and development and the resulting short- and long-term consequences. Contextual factors are organized into the following groups: political economy; health and health care systems; education; society and culture; agriculture and food systems; and water, sanitation and environment. We argue that these community and societal conditions underlie infant and young child feeding practices, which are a central pillar to healthy growth and development, and can serve to either impede or enable progress. Effectiveness studies with a strong process evaluation component are needed to identify transdisciplinary solutions. Programme and policy interventions aimed at preventing stunting should be informed by careful assessment of these factors at all levels.

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Body HeightInfant Nutritional Physiological PhenomenaChild DevelopmentChild, PreschoolFamily CharacteristicsGrowth DisordersHumansInfantNutritive Valuecomplementary feedingconceptual frameworkhealthy growth and developmentstunting, transdisciplinary approachesWorld Health Organization

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PMID24074316
PMCPMC6860787
OpenAlexW2161092376

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