Assessing and Improving Childhood Nutrition and Growth Globally.

Anne M Williams, Parminder S Suchdev

Journal: Pediatric clinics of North America 2017;64(4):755-768

PMID: 28734508

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Abstract

Improving maternal and child nutrition is central to global development goals and reducing the noncommunicable disease burden. Although the process of becoming malnourished starts in utero, the consequences of poor nutrition extend across the life cycle and into future generations. The global nutrition targets for 2025 include reducing infant and young child growth faltering, halting the increase of overweight children, improving breastfeeding practices, and reducing maternal anemia. In this review, we address nutritional assessment, discuss nonnutritive factors that affect growth, and endorse the evidence-based interventions that should be scaled up to improve maternal and child nutrition.

Address: Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, 1760 Haygood Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.

DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2017.03.001

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MeSH Terms: Anthropometry, Breast Feeding, Child, Child Nutrition Disorders, Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Nutrition Policy, Nutritional Status