South Asian countries carry the largest burden of undernutrition globally. The World Health Organization has recommended a set of Essential Nutrition Actions (ENA) to tackle all forms of malnutrition.
Anemia is globally recognized as an important public health problem in women and children, thus the consequences of anemia have predominantly been described in these two groups.
Secondary data analysis in Bangladesh has found associations across agricultural production, women's empowerment, and nutrition outcomes.
In South Asia, many women are married before their 18th birthday and give birth soon after.
Child undernutrition in India remains widespread. Data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3 and NFHS-4) suggest that wasting prevalence has increased while stunting prevalence has declined.
Background
Social and behavior change communication interventions are integral to improving dietary and care practices, but evidence on the impact of the combination and intensity of these interventions in different contexts is scarce.
Background: The Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women (MMD-W) was validated as a proxy of micronutrient adequacy for non-pregnant women, with proposed data collection being either a list-based or a qualitative open recall method.
Uttar Pradesh (UP) is the most populous state with the highest burden of undernutrition in India.
The program “Santé Nutritionnelle à Assise Communautaire à Kayes” (SNACK) in Mali aimed to improve child linear growth through a set of interventions targeted to mothers and children during pregnancy and up to the child's second birthday.
Frontline health workers (FLWs) are needed for delivering interventions at scale to reduce maternal and child undernutrition, but low- and middle-income countries often face inadequate FLW performance.
High quality fortified premixed cereals can help caregivers meet infants’ nutrient needs after 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding, as complementary foods alongside breastmilk especially where family foods have low nutrient density.
Despite strong policy and program commitment, essential maternal nutrition services are not reaching enough women in many countries.
Eliminating malnutrition is on many countries’ political agendas but knowledge of how enabling environments are created and used is needed.
Childhood height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) have been improving in many countries over the last few decades.
Adolescent wellbeing is now recognized as critical to breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty and malnutrition.
Most research on stunting in India ignores the role of diets, including the unusually high prevalence of lacto-vegetarianism (LVG).
Adolescent pregnancy is a global public health concern and one in five adolescents live in India, where early marriage is widely practiced.
In the context of large-scale interventions to improve infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices, we examined differences in characteristics of those exposed and not exposed to interventions; exposure to interpersonal communication (IPC), in
We examined trends and inequities in the double burden of malnutrition among girls, boys, women and men by residence and wealth between 2006 and 2016 in India where 590 million individuals are expected to live in cities by 2030.