ArticleMaternal & child nutrition2019
Stunting trajectories from post-infancy to adolescence in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam.
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- Systematic review to evaluate a potential association between helminth infection and physical stunting in children.Parasites & vectors · 2022Pooled it
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- Nutraceutical Interventions in Stunting: Advances, Challenges, and Prospects.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Levels, severity, and determinants of stunting in children 0-59 months in Afghanistan: Secondary analysis of Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, 2022-23.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Nutritional status of school-age children (5-19 years) in South Asia: A scoping review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2024Article
- Evaluating preschool linear growth velocities: an interim reference illustrated in Nepal.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
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- Rural-urban differentials in child body mass index over time.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- High doses of a national preschool program are associated with the long-term mitigation of adverse outcomes in cognitive development and life satisfaction among children who experience early stunting: a multi-site longitudinal study in Vietnam.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Nutritional status of school-age children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries across seven global regions: a synthesis of scoping reviews.Public health nutrition · 2023Review
- A comparison of international and national references to measure the prevalence of stunting in Pakistani school-age girls.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Stunting among Preschool Children in India: Temporal Analysis of Age-Specific Wealth Inequalities.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Stunting trajectories from post-infancy to adolescence in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam.Maternal & child nutrition · 2019Article
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Abstract
Many interventions focus on preventing stunting in the first 1,000 days of life. We take a broader perspective on childhood growth to assess the proportions of children who suffer persistent stunting, recover, and falter and become newly stunted between birth and adolescence. We use longitudinal data collected on 7,128 children in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. Data were collected in five survey waves between the ages of 1 to 15 years. We use descriptive and graphical approaches to compare the trajectories of children first stunted by age 1, first stunted by age 5, and those remained not stunted until age 5. On average, 29.6% of children were first stunted by age 1, 12.9% of children were first stunted by the age 5, and 68.7% of children were not stunted at either age 1 or age 5. A larger percentage of children stunted by age 1 remained stunted at age 15 (40.7%) compared with those who were first stunted by age 5 (32.3%); 33.7% of children first stunted by age 1 and 31.1% of children first stunted by age 5 go on to recover, but then falter during later childhood. 13.1% of children who were not stunted at age 1 or age 5 become newly stunted between the ages of 8 and 15. Our results show that children both become stunted and recover from stunting into adolescence. More attention should be paid to interventions to support healthy growth throughout childhood.
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