Global, regional, and national progress towards the 2030 global nutrition targets and forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

MB Arndt; AY Aravkin; NV Bhattacharjee; J Chalek; X Dai; L Dandona; R Dandona; SD Dharmaratne; S Farmer; VL Feigin; R Fitzgerald; E Gakidou; WM Gardner; H Hagins; SI Hay; J He; KM Humphrey; SS Lim; PA Lindstedt; J Lo; H Manguerra; T Mestrovic; AH Mokdad; V Mougin; CJL Murray; QAP Nguyen; M Pasovic; C Raggi; RD Schneider; AE Smith; RJD Sorensen; JD Stanaway; HJ Taylor; SE Vollset; AA Wolde; CW Yuan; B Zigler; NJ Kassebaum; RC Reiner; CD Iwu; V Krishnamoorthy; YH Abate; M Abbasi-Kangevari; A Ahmadi; S Sabour; M Ajami; MB Hashemi; S Doaei; SH Ghamari; J Khanali; MM Rashidi; M Gholamalizadeh; A Haj-Mirzaian; M Heidari-Foroozan; M Zangiabadian; HRK Kashani; M Rezaee; S Tabatabai; SA ElHafeez; OAA Elmeligy; M Abdelmasseh; J Sanabria; S Abd-Elsalam; AH Darwish; DM Abdulah; RS Abdulkader; H Abidi; M Zoladl; O Abiodun; RG Aboagye; H Amu; EE Tarkang; M Immurana; RK Alhassan; H Abolhassani; O Dadras; M Keykhaei; N Rezaei; F Ghassemi; SS Moghaddam; S Khanmohammadi; A Shahbandi; F Kompani; EM Rad; V Rahimi-Movaghar; SG Sepanlou; M Shafie; SM Vahabi; F Yazdanpanah; K Ghaffari; JH Kauppila; YD Abtew; A Bekele; S Demissie; H Esubalew; GA Wubetie; E Abu-Gharbieh; A Arumugam; MM Saber-Ayad; BA Saddik

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Global, regional, and national progress towards the 2030 global nutrition targets and forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

MB Arndt, AY Aravkin, NV Bhattacharjee, J Chalek, X Dai, L Dandona, R Dandona, SD Dharmaratne, S Farmer, VL Feigin, R Fitzgerald, E Gakidou, WM Gardner, H Hagins, SI Hay, J He, KM Humphrey, SS Lim, PA Lindstedt, J Lo Show all

Lancet | Published : 2024

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01821-X

Abstract

Background: The six global nutrition targets (GNTs) related to low birthweight, exclusive breastfeeding, child growth (ie, wasting, stunting, and overweight), and anaemia among females of reproductive age were chosen by the World Health Assembly in 2012 as key indicators of maternal and child health, but there has yet to be a comprehensive report on progress for the period 2012 to 2021. We aimed to evaluate levels, trends, and observed-to-expected progress in prevalence and attributable burden from 2012 to 2021, with prevalence projections to 2050, in 204 countries and territories. Methods: The prevalence and attributable burden of each target indicator were estimated by age group, sex, and ..

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