SynthesisMaternal & child nutrition2018
Children concurrently wasted and stunted: A meta-analysis of prevalence data of children 6-59 months from 84 countries.
Synthesis in Maternal & child nutrition, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03647150 (Treatment of High-Risk Moderate Acute Malnutrition Using Expanded Admission Criteria), which is not on this map. Cited by 86 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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.
Treatment of High-Risk Moderate Acute Malnutrition Using Expanded Admission Criteria (Hi-MAM Study): A Cluster-randomized Controlled Trial Protocol
Who cites it
86 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence and determinants of under-nutrition among children on ART in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Anthropometric deficits and the associated risk of death by age and sex in children aged 6-59 months: A meta-analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- The relationship between wasting and stunting in young children: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Pooled it
- Boys are more likely to be undernourished than girls: a systematic review and meta-analysis of sex differences in undernutrition.BMJ global health · 2020Pooled it
- How countries can reduce child stunting at scale: lessons from exemplar countries.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- Children concurrently wasted and stunted: A meta-analysis of prevalence data of children 6-59 months from 84 countries.Maternal & child nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- Gender differences in nutritional status and determinants among infants (6-11 m): a cross-sectional study in two regions in Ethiopia.BMC public health · 2022Trial
- Child stunting concurrent with wasting or being overweight: A 6-y follow up of a randomized maternal education trial in Uganda.Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) · 2021Trial
- Trial
- Trial
- Coexisting maternal and child undernutrition in Ethiopia: Spatial modeling and multilevel analysis of consecutive EDHS data.PloS one · 2026Article
- Impact of Stunting on Outcomes of Severely Wasted Children (6 Months to 5 Years) Admitted for Inpatient Treatment: A Cross-Sectional Study in an Ethiopian Referral Hospital.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence of composite indicator anthropometric failures and associated factors among 6-59 month children living in Mojo Town, Oromia, Ethiopia.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Sociodemographic factors associated with concurrent stunting and wasting among children experiencing extreme poverty in the Philippines: A cross-sectional study.Nutrition and health · 2025Article
- Spatio-temporal variation of child stunting and associated risk factors in Rwanda.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Co-Occurrences of Forms of Child Undernutrition in India: Insights from the National Family Health Survey.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Wasting coexisting with underweight and stunting among children aged 6‒59 months hospitalised in Garissa County Referral Hospital, Kenya.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
- The evolving nexus of women's empowerment and child nutrition in India.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Spatial variation, 20-year trends, and determinants of the double burden of wasting and stunting among under-five children in Ethiopia: a geo-spatial and multivariate decomposition analysis (2000-2019).Scientific reports · 2024Article
- How age and sex affect treatment outcomes for children with severe malnutrition: A multi-country secondary data analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Children can be stunted and wasted at the same time. Having both deficits greatly elevates risk of mortality. The analysis aimed to estimate the prevalence and burden of children aged 6-59 months concurrently wasted and stunted. Data from demographic and health survey and Multi-indicator Cluster Surveys datasets from 84 countries were analysed. Overall prevalence for being wasted, stunted, and concurrently wasted and stunted among children 6 to 59 months was calculated. A pooled prevalence of concurrence was estimated and reported by gender, age, United Nations regions, and contextual categories. Burden was calculated using population figures from the global joint estimates database. The pooled prevalence of concurrence in the 84 countries was 3.0%, 95% CI [2.97, 3.06], ranging from 0% to 8.0%. Nine countries reported a concurrence prevalence greater than 5%. The estimated burden was 5,963,940 children. Prevalence of concurrence was highest in the 12- to 24-month age group 4.2%, 95% CI [4.1, 4.3], and was significantly higher among boys 3.54%, 95% CI [3.47, 3.61], compared to girls; 2.46%, 95% CI [2.41, 2.52]. Fragile and conflict-affected states reported significantly higher concurrence 3.6%, 95% CI [3.5, 3.6], than those defined as stable 2.24%, 95% CI [2.18, 2.30]. This analysis represents the first multiple country estimation of the prevalence and burden of children concurrently wasted and stunted. Given the high risk of mortality associated with concurrence, the findings indicate a need to report on this condition as well as investigate whether these children are being reached through existing programmes.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.