ArticleInternational health2022
Exposure to household air pollution from solid cookfuels and childhood stunting: a population-based, cross-sectional study of half a million children in low- and middle-income countries.
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- Prenatal and postnatal household air pollution and longitudinal growth trajectories: results from long-term follow up of the GRAPHS cohort.Environment international · 2026Article
- Long-term effects of cooking with liquefied petroleum gas or biomass on linear growth trajectories from birth to the pre-school years in Puno, Peru: a prospective cohort study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
- Assessing the association between household air pollution exposure and child heath in Mongolia: a birth-cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Household air pollution and childhood stunting in China: A prospective cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Determinants of Undernutrition in Under-Five Children in Urban Slums of Tripura, India.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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backgroundHousehold air pollution from the incomplete combustion of solid cookfuels in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) has been largely ignored as a potentially important correlate of stunting. Our objective was to examine the association between solid cookfuel use and stunting in children aged <5 y.
methodsWe used data from 59 LMICs' population-based cross-sectional demographic and health surveys; 557 098 children aged <5 y were included in our analytical sample. Multilevel logistic regression was used to examine the association between exposure to solid cookfuel use and childhood stunting, adjusting for child sex, age, maternal education and number of children living in the household. We explored the association across key subgroups.
resultsSolid cookfuel use was associated with child stunting (adjusted OR 1.58, 95% CI 1.55 to 1.61). Children living in households using solid cookfuels were more likely to be stunted if they lived in rural areas, the poorest households, had a mother who smoked tobacco or were from the Americas.
conclusionsFocused strategies to reduce solid cookfuel exposure might contribute to reductions in childhood stunting in LMICs. Trial evidence to assess the effect of reducing solid cookfuel exposure on childhood stunting is urgently needed.
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