ArticleNature2023
Early-childhood linear growth faltering in low- and middle-income countries.
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Article in Nature, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 61 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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61citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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Who cites it
61 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Enteric infections and childhood stunting: a systematic review and meta-analysis across four pathogen domains.Pediatric research · 2026Pooled it
- The decline of child stunting in 122 countries: a systematic review of child growth studies since the 19th century.BMJ global health · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of prenatal multiple micronutrient supplementation compared with iron and folic acid supplementation on size at birth and subsequent growth through 24 mo of age: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Pro/synbiotics reduce systemic inflammation and improve gut health in Kenyan infants: An open label, randomized, 4-arm, phase II trial.Cell reports. Medicine · 2026Trial
- Effect of water, sanitation, and hygiene on childhood growth in Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized trial.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2026Trial
- Effect of azithromycin on post-discharge growth in Kenyan children.BMJ global health · 2025Trial
- Prenatal Intravenous Iron and Child Growth: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Probiotics and Synbiotics Administered to Young Infants: Perceptions and Acceptability Amongst Carers and Healthcare Workers in Western Kenya.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Effect of heat stress in the first 1000 days of life on fetal and infant growth: a secondary analysis of the ENID randomised controlled trial.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2024Trial
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- Stunting Reversal versus Regression to the Mean in Epidemiological Studies of Child Linear Growth in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Undernutrition in Infants Aged Under Six Months: A Multi-Center Cross-Sectional Study in Two Governorates in Yemen.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Exclusive Breastfeeding and Growth Trajectories Until 5 Years of Age Among Children Monitored in Primary Health Care in Brazil.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2026Article
- Assessing the Nutritional and Neurodevelopmental Status in Children Attending Preschools in a Neighborhood in Bogotá, Colombia.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Factors Associated with Growth and Weight Status in Indigenous Children Under 5 Years of Age in Northeastern Brazil.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
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- The association between women's empowerment in agriculture and child stunting in Malawi.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Effect of eggs on Maya child development and growth: the Saqmolo' Project randomized clinical trial.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Article
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- Family Empowerment for Stunting Prevention in Children Aged 0-2 Years: A Concept Analysis.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Review
1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
27 authors.
Jade Benjamin-ChungDepartment of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA. jadebc@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3631-3132
Andrew MertensDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1050-6721
John M ColfordDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Alan E HubbardDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3769-0127
Mark J van der LaanDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Jeremy CoyleDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9874-6649
Oleg SofryginDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Wilson CaiDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Anna NguyenDepartment of Epidemiology & Population Health, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2211-9040
Nolan N PokpongkiatDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9901-671X
Stephanie DjajadiDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4629-4668
Anmol SethDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Wendy JilekDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Esther JungDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5073-8749
Esther O ChungDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Sonali RoseteDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Nima HejaziDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7127-2789
Ivana MalenicaDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Haodong LiDivision of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Ryan HafenHafen Consulting, LLC, West Richland, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5516-8367
Vishak SubramoneyDVPL Tech, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Jonas HäggströmCytel Inc., Waltham, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8304-9528
Thea NormanQuantitative Sciences, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
Kenneth H BrownDepartment of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Parul ChristianCenter for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Benjamin F ArnoldFrancis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. ben.arnold@ucsf.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6105-7295
Ki Child Growth Consortium
Funding
Stanford BSSR Pre-Doctoral Training Program at the Intersection of Data Sciences with Behavioral, Social, and Population Health ResearchT32HL151323 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Michelle Christina Odden, David H Rehkopf · 2020 to 2026
$1.6MComputational Characterization of Environmental EnteropathyK23DK117061 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI SYED, SANA · 2019 to 2023
$964kMeasuring spillover effects of reactive, focal malaria elimination interventionsK01AI141616 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI BENJAMIN-CHUNG, JADE · 2019 to 2022
$601kMedical Research Council MC_PC_21037Medical Research Council MC_UP_A620_1016Medical Research Council MC_UU_00026/3Medical Research Council MC_UU_12011/3NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL151323NIAID NIH HHS K01 AI141616NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK117061
Abstract
Globally, 149 million children under 5 years of age are estimated to be stunted (length more than 2 standard deviations below international growth standards)
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