ArticleNature2023
Causes and consequences of child growth faltering in low-resource settings.
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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. Cited by 71 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.
- Liquid Cow's Milk Consumption and Linear Growth Outcomes in Infancy and Childhood: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 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
- Effects of prenatal small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements on pregnancy, birth, and infant outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data from randomized controlled trials in low- and middle-income countries.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Pregnancy diet based on ancestral patterns increases growth in subcortical fetal brain regions.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Trial
- Effect of water, sanitation, and hygiene on childhood growth in Ethiopia: a cluster-randomized trial.International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2026Trial
- Prenatal Intravenous Iron and Child Growth: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Complementary Food Supplements Fill Energy and Protein Gaps among Children with Dietary Inadequacy in a Complementary Feeding Trial in Rural Bangladesh.The Journal of nutrition · 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
- Single-dose azithromycin for infant growth in Burkina Faso: Prespecified secondary anthropometric outcomes from a randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2024Trial
- Factors associated with child stunting, underweight, and wasting in eight Latin American and Caribbean countries and regions: a regional analysis using Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys.Journal of global health · 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
- Urban-rural disparities in child linear growth: a decomposition analysis of digital, physical, and socioeconomic environments in seven least-developed countries.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- Maternal Health and Sociodemographic Characteristics Influence Infant Growth to 24 Months in the Tunza Mwana Cohort: A Prospective Cohort Study.Maternal & child nutrition · 2026Article
- Breast milk cytokines and infant growth trajectories in a low-income community in Bangladesh.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- Explaining rural-urban disparities in child stunting in African least developed countries: a multi-country cross-sectional analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Minimum acceptable diet and its associated factors among children aged 6-23months in rural households of South Ethiopia.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 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
- Associations between maternal perceptions of infant growth and feeding and infant growth outcomes in community health clinics: a prospective multicentre longitudinal study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2026Article
- Recognizing Growth Concerns in 1- to 5-Year-Olds: A Practical Algorithm for Screening and Early Intervention in Primary Care.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Socio-Economic Inequalities of Childhood Stunting in Rwanda: Time Trend Analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys, 2000 to 2019.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2026Article
11 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
27 authors at 20 institutions in 22 countries.
Andrew MertensDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. amertens@berkeley.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-1050-6721
Jade Benjamin-ChungDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3631-3132
John M ColfordDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Jeremy CoyleDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9874-6649
Mark J van der LaanDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Alan E HubbardDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3769-0127
Sonali RoseteDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Ivana MalenicaDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7404-8088
Nima HejaziDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7127-2789
Oleg SofryginDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Wilson CaiDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Haodong LiDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Anna NguyenDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2211-9040
Nolan N PokpongkiatDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9901-671X
Stephanie DjajadiDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4629-4668
Anmol SethDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Esther JungDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5073-8749
Esther O ChungDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Wendy JilekDivision of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Vishak SubramoneyDVPL Tech, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Ryan HafenHafen Consulting, West Richland, WA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5516-8367
Jonas HäggströmCytel, 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
University of California, Berkeley · USJohns Hopkins University · USAga Khan University · PKInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research · BDUniversity of Virginia · USChristian Medical College, Vellore · INUniversidade Federal do Ceará · BRMRC Unit the Gambia · GMUniversity of Venda · ZAEmory University · USFoundation University · PHSociety for Applied Studies · INArmed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science · THBirla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Dubai Campus · AEBoston Children's Hospital · USChan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States) · USCytel (United States) · USFundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRGates Foundation · USGhent University · BE
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_U123292701Medical Research Council MC_UP_1005/1Medical Research Council MC_UP_A620_1016Medical Research Council MC_UU_00026/3Medical Research Council MC_UU_12011/3Medical Research Council MR/P012019/1NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL151323NIAID NIH HHS K01 AI141616NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK117061
Abstract
Growth faltering in children (low length for age or low weight for length) during the first 1,000 days of life (from conception to 2 years of age) influences short-term and long-term health and survival
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CachexiaDeveloping CountriesGrowth DisordersAnthropometryChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesDietary SupplementsFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLongitudinal StudiesMaleMalnutritionMothersPregnancy
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