ArticleNutrients2020
Exploring the Nutritional Ecology of Stunting: New Approaches to an Old Problem.
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- The "Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development: Knowledge Indicating Dietary Sufficiency (BOND-KIDS)" Project-Justification and Conceptual Approach.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Review
- Prevalence and risk factors of childhood anemia in urban and rural areas of West Java, Indonesia: a cross-sectional study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Observational
- Applying Social Cognitive Theory to Understand Perspectives on Child Feeding Practices of Thai Female Caregivers With Young Children With Stunting.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Practices of Children with Stunting in Guatemala.Annals of global health · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Childhood Stunting and Its Associated Factors in Bangladesh: Quantile Regression Modeling Approach.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2026Article
- Effects of spirulina supplementation on growth parameters in malnourished children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2025Review
- The Updated Dual Burden of Malnutrition Among Vietnamese School-Aged Children: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Child Height in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2025Article
- Effect of a 6-Month Functional Food Intervention on the Microbiota of Stunted Children in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia-A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Parallel Trial.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The forgotten link: how the oral microbiome shapes childhood growth and development.Frontiers in oral health · 2025Review
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- The nutritional and feeding status of children living in selected residential child care facilities in Zambia: implications for programs and policies.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Local approaches and ineffectivity in reducing stunting in children: A case study of policy in Indonesia.F1000Research · 2023Article
- Access to food markets, household wealth and child nutrition in rural Cambodia: Findings from nationally representative data.PloS one · 2023Article
- Stunting among children aged 24-59 months and associations with sanitation, enteric infections, and environmental enteric dysfunction in rural northwest Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Predictive Utility of Composite Child Feeding Indices (CCFIs) for Child Nutritional Status: Comparative Analyses for the Most Suitable Formula for Constructing an Optimum CCFI.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Stunting among School Age Children in Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia 2021.Annals of global health · 2022Article
- Study Protocol: Interactive Dynamics of Coral Reef Fisheries and the Nutrition Transition in Kiribati.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Systemic Inflammation in the First 2 Weeks after Birth as a Determinant of Physical Growth Outcomes in Hospitalized Infants with Extremely Low Gestational Age.The Journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
Despite a declining prevalence, stunting remains an elusive target for the global health community. The perception is that stunting represents chronic undernutrition (i.e., due to inadequate nutrient intake associated with food insecurity, low-quality diet, and suboptimal infant feeding practices in the first two years of life). However, other causes include maternal-fetal interactions leading to intrauterine growth retardation, poor maternal nutrition during pregnancy and lactation, and maternal and pediatric infections. Moreover, physical, economic, demographic, and social environments are major contributors to both food insecurity and conditions that limit linear growth. Overall, factors representing both the internal and external "nutritional ecologies" need to be considered in efforts to reduce stunting rates. Nutritional assessment requires better understanding of the mechanism and role of nutrition in growth, clear expectations about the sensitivity and specificity of the tools used, and inclusion of bio-indicators reflecting the extent and nature of the functional effect of poor nutrition and environmental factors contributing to human physical growth. We provide a perspective on current knowledge about: (i) the biology and contribution of nutrition to stunting/poor growth; (ii) our current nutritional assessment toolkit; (iii) the implications of current assessment approaches for clinical care and public interventions; and (iv) future directions for addressing these challenges in a changing global health environment.
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