- Title
- Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017
- Creator
- Kinyoki, Damaris K.; Ross, Jennifer M.; Abdollahi, Mohammad; Khan, MD Nuruzzaman; Abdollahpour, Ibrahim; Abdulkader, Rizwan Suliankatchi; Abebe, Nebiyu Dereje; Abebo, Teshome Abuka; Abegaz, Kedir Hussein; Abolhassani, Hassan; Abreu, Lucas Guimaraes; Abrigo, Michael R. M.; Abushouk, Abdelrahman I.; Lazzar-Atwood, Alice; Accrombessi, MMK; Acharya, D; Adabi, M; Adebiyi, AO; Adedeji, IA; Adekanmbi, V; Adeoye, AM; Adetokunboh, OO; Adham, D; Aduroja, PE; Munro, Sandra B.; Advani, SM; Afarideh, M; Aghaali, M; Agrawal, A; Ahmad, T; Ahmadi, K; Ahmadi, S; Ahmed, MB; Ahmed, R; Ajumobi, O; Schaeffer, Lauren E.; Akal, CG; Akalu, TY; Akinyemiju, T; Akombi, B; Al-Aly, Z; Alam, S; Alamene, GM; Alanzi, TM; Rabanal, JEA; Alema, NM; Abbasalizad-Farhangi, Mahdieh; Ali, BA; Ali, M; Alijanzadeh, M; Alinia, C; Alipour, V; Alizade, H; Aljunid, SM; Almasi, A; Almasi-Hashiani, A; Al-Mekhlafi, HM; Abbasi, Masoumeh; Al-Raddadi, RM; Altirkawi, K; Alvis-Guzman, N; Alvis-Zakzuk, NJ; Amare, AT; Amegah, AK; Amini, S; Rarani, MA; Amiri, F; Amit, AML; Abbastabar, Hedayat; Anber, NH; Andrei, CL; Ansari, F; Ansari-Moghaddam, A; Anteneh, ZA; Antonio, CAT; Antriyandarti, E; Anvari, D; Anwer, R; Appiah, SCY; Abdelalim, Ahmed; Arabloo, J; Arab-Zozani, M; Araya, EM; Arefi, Z; Aremu, O; Ärnlöv, J; Arzani, A; Asadi-Aliabadi, M; Asadi-Pooya, AA; Asgari, S; Abdoli, Amir; Asghari, B; Ashagre, AF; Asrat, AA; Ataeinia, B; Atalay, HT; Atnafu, DD; Atout, MMW; Ausloos, M; Avokpaho, EFGA; Awasthi, A
- Relation
- Nature Medicine Vol. 26, Issue 5, p. 750-759
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- 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) million) in 2000 to 6.0% (55.5 (44.8–67.9) million) children aged under 5 years in 2017. Areas most affected by double burden of malnutrition were located in Indonesia, Thailand, southeastern China, Botswana, Cameroon and central Nigeria. Our estimates provide a new perspective to researchers, policy makers and public health agencies in their efforts to address this global childhood syndemic.
- Subject
- devoping countries; overweight; geographic mapping; child; SDG 2; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1442727
- Identifier
- uon:41777
- Identifier
- ISSN:1078-8956
- Language
- eng
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