Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017

DK Kinyoki; JM Ross; A Lazzar-Atwood; SB Munro; LE Schaeffer; M Abbasalizad-Farhangi; M Abbasi; H Abbastabar; A Abdelalim; A Abdoli; M Abdollahi; I Abdollahpour; RS Abdulkader; ND Abebe; TA Abebo; KH Abegaz; H Abolhassani; LG Abreu; MRM Abrigo; AI Abushouk; MMK Accrombessi; D Acharya; M Adabi; AO Adebiyi; IA Adedeji; V Adekanmbi; AM Adeoye; OO Adetokunboh; D Adham; PE Aduroja; SM Advani; M Afarideh; M Aghaali; A Agrawal; T Ahmad; K Ahmadi; S Ahmadi; MB Ahmed; R Ahmed; O Ajumobi; CG Akal; TY Akalu; T Akinyemiju; B Akombi; Z Al-Aly; S Alam; GM Alamene; TM Alanzi; JEA Rabanal; NM Alema; BA Ali; M Ali; M Alijanzadeh; C Alinia; V Alipour; H Alizade; SM Aljunid; A Almasi; A Almasi-Hashiani; HM Al-Mekhlafi; RM Al-Raddadi; K Altirkawi; N Alvis-Guzman; NJ Alvis-Zakzuk; AT Amare; AK Amegah; S Amini; MA Rarani; F Amiri; AML Amit; NH Anber; CL Andrei; F Ansari; A Ansari-Moghaddam; ZA Anteneh; CAT Antonio; E Antriyandarti; D Anvari; R Anwer; SCY Appiah; J Arabloo; M Arab-Zozani; EM Araya; Z Arefi; O Aremu; J Ärnlöv; A Arzani; M Asadi-Aliabadi; AA Asadi-Pooya; S Asgari; B Asghari; AF Ashagre; AA Asrat; B Ataeinia; HT Atalay; DD Atnafu; MMW Atout; M Ausloos; EFGA Avokpaho; A Awasthi

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Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017

DK Kinyoki, JM Ross, A Lazzar-Atwood, SB Munro, LE Schaeffer, M Abbasalizad-Farhangi, M Abbasi, H Abbastabar, A Abdelalim, A Abdoli, M Abdollahi, I Abdollahpour, RS Abdulkader, ND Abebe, TA Abebo, KH Abegaz, H Abolhassani, LG Abreu, MRM Abrigo, AI Abushouk Show all

Nature Medicine | NATURE PORTFOLIO | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6

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Abstract

A double burden of malnutrition occurs when individuals, household members or communities experience both undernutrition and overweight. Here, we show geospatial estimates of overweight and wasting prevalence among children under 5 years of age in 105 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) from 2000 to 2017 and aggregate these to policy-relevant administrative units. Wasting decreased overall across LMICs between 2000 and 2017, from 8.4% (62.3 (55.1–70.8) million) to 6.4% (58.3 (47.6–70.7) million), but is predicted to remain above the World Health Organization’s Global Nutrition Target of <5% in over half of LMICs by 2025. Prevalence of overweight increased from 5.2% (30 (22.8–38.5) milli..

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