ArticleGlobal environmental change : human and policy dimensions2021
Climate change, social vulnerability and child nutrition in South Asia.
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- High ambient temperature effects on the anthropometric status of the population: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- Climate change impacts on child and adolescent health and well-being: A narrative review.Journal of global health · 2024Pooled it
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- Exploring the Effects of Climate Change on Child Malnutrition: A Scoping Review.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Article
- Does humidity matter? Prenatal heat and child health in South Asia.Science advances · 2025Article
- It's Raining Babies? Flood Exposures and Fertility in Bangladesh.Population and development review · 2025Article
- Climate Cognition Crisis: Urgent Call to Address Air Pollution and Extreme Heat Impacts in Learning Environments of Children in South and Southeast Asia.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2025Article
- Differential Mortality Trends at the Intersection of Climate Change and Urban Growth From 13th to 18th Century Berlin.American journal of biological anthropology · 2025Article
- Climate Shocks as a Growing Pediatric Health Emergency in Pakistan: A Call to Action.Environmental health insights · 2025Article
- Perceptions of coastal dwellers about the effects of extreme temperature and saline water on human health: evidence from Bangladesh.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Global patterns of change in the burden of malnutrition in older adults from 1990 to 2021 and the forecast for the next 25 years.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Climatic Variability and Internal Migration in Asia: Evidence from Big Microdata.Population and development review · 2024Article
- Temperature anomalies undermine the health of reproductive-age women in low- and middle-income countries.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- "Measuring the Environmental Context of Child Growth in Burkina Faso".Population and environment · 2023Article
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Despite recent advancements in global population well-being and food security, climate change threatens to undermine child nutritional health, particularly for marginalized populations in tropical low- and middle-income countries. South Asia is at particular risk for climate-driven undernutrition due to a combination of historical weather exposures, existing nutritional deficits, and a lack of sanitation access. Previous studies have established that precipitation extremes increase rates of undernutrition in this region, but the existing literature lacks adequate consideration of temperature anomalies, mediating social factors, and the developmentally-relevant timing of exposure. We combine high-resolution temperature and precipitation data with large-sample survey data on household demographics and child anthropometry, using an approach that incorporates three key developmental periods and a rigorous fixed effects design. We find that precipitation extremes in the first year of life significantly decrease children's height-for-age (HAZ) in South Asia. The detrimental effects of extreme precipitation are especially concentrated in under-resourced households, such as those lacking access to proper sanitation and education for women, while anomalous heat is particularly harmful for children in Pakistan, though it tends to benefit children in some demographic groups. These results indicate that nutritional status in South Asia is highly responsive to climate exposures, and that addressing sanitation infrastructure and other development priorities is a pathway towards reducing this vulnerability.
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