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Concurrent wasting and stunting among under-five children in Niakhar, Senegal
Abstract The study describes the patterns of concurrent wasting and stunting (WaSt) among children age 6-59 months living in the 1980...
Children who are both wasted and stunted are also underweight and have a high risk of death: a descriptive epidemiology of multiple anthropometric deficits using data from 51 countries
Abstract Background: Wasting and stunting are common. They are implicated in the deaths of almost two million children each year and a...
Child wasting and stunting: Time to overcome the separation (2018)
A Briefing Note for policy makers and programme implementers. This policy brief is an is the culmination of the research and discussio...
Children concurrently wasted and stunted: A meta-analysis of prevalence data of children 6 – 59 months from 84 countries
Children can be stunted and wasted at the same time. Having both deficits greatly elevates risk of mortality. The analysis aimed to es...
Research Priorities on the Relationship between Wasting and Stunting
Background Wasting and stunting are global public health problems that frequently co-exist. However, they are usually separated in ter...
Technical Briefing Paper: The relationship between wasting and stunting: policy, programming and research implications (2014)
This paper is a narrative review of the available literature on the relationship between wasting and stunting. It was born out of prev...