ReviewMaternal & child nutrition2016
Childhood stunting: a global perspective.
Review in Maternal & child nutrition, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 528 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
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Who cites it
528 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,524 citations in OpenAlex.
- Liquid Cow's Milk Consumption and Linear Growth Outcomes in Infancy and Childhood: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2026Pooled it
- Current trends in household food insecurity, dietary diversity, and stunting among children under five in Asia: a systematic review.Journal of global health · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of growth retardation among children and adolescents in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Systematic review of associations between gut microbiome composition and stunting in under-five children.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2024Pooled it
- Undernutrition among children living in refugee camps: a systematic review of prevalence.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
- Mid-upper arm circumference z-score tapes for childhood malnutrition screening: an implementation study from rural Kenya.BMC public health · 2026Trial
- Effect of azithromycin on post-discharge growth in Kenyan children.BMJ global health · 2025Trial
- Consequences of post-discharge hospitalisation on the growth of young Bangladeshi children hospitalised with diarrhoea: a secondary case-control analysis of Antibiotics for Children with Diarrhea (ABCD) trial.Journal of global health · 2025Trial
- A microbiota-directed complementary food intervention in 12-18-month-old Bangladeshi children improves linear growth.EBioMedicine · 2024Trial
- Nutritional status and associated factors among children aged 6-24 months at a primary health care centre in conflict-affected Gaza.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Growth in Children with a Cleft Lip and/or Palate in 8 US Hospitals: A Retrospective Cohort Study.JDR clinical and translational research · 2026Article
- Estimating Mean Growth Trajectories When Measurements Are Sparse and Age Is Uncertain.American journal of biological anthropology · 2026Article
- Exploration of factors mediating the effect of socioeconomic deprivation on rates of childhood stunting in Sefton: an ecological analysis.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Cohort Profile: The Ecuadorian National Birth and Infant Nutrition cohort.International journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Spatial heterogeneity and co-occurrence of childhood undernutrition in India: a joint analysis of stunting, anaemia and low birthweight.BMC public health · 2026Article
- [Advances in growth impairment associated with pediatric respiratory diseases].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026Review
- Stunting Reversal versus Regression to the Mean in Epidemiological Studies of Child Linear Growth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
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- High Coverage, Limited Impact: Rethinking the Effectiveness of Intensive Stunting Reduction Interventions in Njombe Region, Tanzania.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- Use of WHO Growth Standards Rather Than Locally Specific Linear Growth Curves Promotes Equity in Pediatric Growth Research for Children Younger Than 5 Years.Nutrition reviews · 2026Review
468 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Childhood stunting is the best overall indicator of children's well-being and an accurate reflection of social inequalities. Stunting is the most prevalent form of child malnutrition with an estimated 161 million children worldwide in 2013 falling below -2 SD from the length-for-age/height-for-age World Health Organization Child Growth Standards median. Many more millions suffer from some degree of growth faltering as the entire length-for-age/height-for-age z-score distribution is shifted to the left indicating that all children, and not only those falling below a specific cutoff, are affected. Despite global consensus on how to define and measure it, stunting often goes unrecognized in communities where short stature is the norm as linear growth is not routinely assessed in primary health care settings and it is difficult to visually recognize it. Growth faltering often begins in utero and continues for at least the first 2 years of post-natal life. Linear growth failure serves as a marker of multiple pathological disorders associated with increased morbidity and mortality, loss of physical growth potential, reduced neurodevelopmental and cognitive function and an elevated risk of chronic disease in adulthood. The severe irreversible physical and neurocognitive damage that accompanies stunted growth poses a major threat to human development. Increased awareness of stunting's magnitude and devastating consequences has resulted in its being identified as a major global health priority and the focus of international attention at the highest levels with global targets set for 2025 and beyond. The challenge is to prevent linear growth failure while keeping child overweight and obesity at bay.
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