ArticleMaternal & child nutrition2019
Linear growth faltering and the role of weight attainment: Prospective analysis of young children recovering from severe wasting in Niger.
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- The relationship between wasting and stunting in young children: A systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Pooled it
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- Comparative Analysis of Nutritional Advice and a Combined Approach for Addressing Impending Stunting in Infants: A Clinical Trial.Nutrients · 2024Trial
- A microbiota-directed complementary food intervention in 12-18-month-old Bangladeshi children improves linear growth.EBioMedicine · 2024Trial
- Nutrition interventions improved linear growth in children under five with pre-stunting, stunting, and severe stunting in Surabaya, Indonesia.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of a Tiered Referral System and Early Nutritional Intervention to Prevent and Recover Stunting in Under-Five Indonesian Children.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- 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
- Sociodemographic factors associated with concurrent stunting and wasting among children experiencing extreme poverty in the Philippines: A cross-sectional study.Nutrition and health · 2025Article
- Wasting coexisting with underweight and stunting among children aged 6‒59 months hospitalised in Garissa County Referral Hospital, Kenya.Maternal & child nutrition · 2025Article
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- The relationship between energy provided and growth during severe wasting treatment.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- How age and sex affect treatment outcomes for children with severe malnutrition: A multi-country secondary data analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
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- Oral nutritional supplementation with dietary counseling improves linear catch-up growth and health outcomes in children with or at risk of undernutrition: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Examining the burden and relationship between stunting and wasting among Timor-Leste under five rural children.PloS one · 2024Article
- How Can Nutrition Research Better Reflect the Relationship Between Wasting and Stunting in Children? Learnings from the Wasting and Stunting Project.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Preschool child growth attainment and velocity during an agriculture intervention in rural Panama may be diminished by soil-transmitted helminths.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- How do children with severe underweight and wasting respond to treatment? A pooled secondary data analysis to inform future intervention studies.Maternal & child nutrition · 2023Article
- Linear Growth Spurts are Preceded by Higher Weight Gain Velocity and Followed by Weight Slowdowns Among Rural Children in Burkina Faso: A Longitudinal Study.The Journal of nutrition · 2022Article
- Recovery of children following hospitalisation for complicated severe acute malnutrition.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
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Abstract
Efforts to reduce the impact of stunting have been largely independent of interventions to reduce the impact of wasting, despite the observation that the conditions can coexist in the same child and increase risk of death. To optimize the management of malnourished children-who can be wasted, stunted, or both-the relationship between stunting and wasting should be elaborated. We aimed to describe the relationship between concurrent weight and height gain during and after rehabilitation from severe wasting. We conducted a secondary analysis of a randomized trial for the outpatient treatment of severe wasting, including 1,542 children who recovered and were followed for 12 weeks. We described the overlap of stunting and severe wasting and the change in stunting over time. We showed the relationship between concurrent weight and height gain using adjusted generalized estimating equations and calculated the mean rate of change in weight-for-height z score (WHZ) and height-for-age z score (HAZ) during and after rehabilitation. At baseline, 79% (n = 1,223/1,542) and 49% (n = 757/1,542) of children were stunted and severely stunted, respectively. Prevalence increased over time among children <24 months. During rehabilitation when weight was not yet fully recovered, we found rapid WHZ gain but limited HAZ gain. Following successful rehabilitation, WHZ gain slowed. The rate of HAZ gain was negative after rehabilitation but increased relative to the period during treatment. The potential relationship between weight and height gain calls for increased coverage of wasting treatment to not only prevent child mortality but also reduce linear growth faltering.
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