Malnutrition

Addressing malnutrition in all its forms represents an integrated agenda focusing on the root causes of malnutrition at all stages of the life course. In this section you will find material on the full range of malnutrition topics including childhood and elderly malnutrition, stunting, wasting, underweight, dysphagia as well as assessment and screening tools like the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA®).

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Nutrition and Growth Yearbook 2025
Nutrition and Growth Yearbook 2025

Nutrition and Growth Yearbook 2025

This volume of the Nutrition and Growth Yearbook for 2025 reviews recent research on the relationship between nutrition and child growth, focusing on how diet affects linear growth, weight gain, and body composition in various clinical settings. It features peer-reviewed articles published between July 2023 and June 2024, offering insights into optimal dietary strategies, undernutrition interventions, and preventive measures for promoting healthy growth. The contributors discuss both clinical and foundational research, highlighting the critical role of nutrition in pediatric development. This

Food, planet and health: A complex equation to solve
Food, planet and health: A complex equation to solve

Food, planet and health: A complex equation to solve

Zakari Ali >5 minutes
Digital Agriculture: New frontiers for the food system
Digital Agriculture: New frontiers for the food system

Digital Agriculture: New frontiers for the food system

Esther Van de Voort >5 minutes
Interview with Sant-Rayn Pasricha: How do you safely implement micronutrient interventions? (videos)
Interview with Sant-Rayn Pasricha: How do you safely implement micronutrient interventions?

Interview with Sant-Rayn Pasricha: How do you safely implement micronutrient interventions?

Sant-Rayn Pasricha
Interview with Andrew Prentice: What are the barriers to child growth and development? (videos)
Interview with Andrew Prentice: What are the barriers to child growth and development?

Interview with Andrew Prentice: What are the barriers to child growth and development?

Andrew Prentice
Interview with Fernanda Grande: Using food composition data for estimating micronutrient intake? (videos)
Interview with Fernanda Grande: Using food composition data for estimating micronutrient intake?

Interview with Fernanda Grande: Using food composition data for estimating micronutrient intake?

Interview with Usha Ramakrishnan: What, when and how young are children fed? (videos)
Interview with Usha Ramakrishnan: What, when and how young are children fed?

Interview with Usha Ramakrishnan: What, when and how young are children fed?

Usha Ramakrishnan
Interview with Lynette Neufeld: What is the global landscape of malnutrition in children? (videos)
Interview with Lynette Neufeld: What is the global landscape of malnutrition in children?

Interview with Lynette Neufeld: What is the global landscape of malnutrition in children?

Lynette M. Neufeld
The WASH Benefits Bangladesh, WASH Benefits Kenya and SHINE Trials: A summary of their findings (videos)
The WASH Benefits Bangladesh, WASH Benefits Kenya and SHINE Trials: A summary of their findings

The WASH Benefits Bangladesh, WASH Benefits Kenya and SHINE Trials: A summary of their findings

The Gut Microbiome in Child Malnutrition (videos)
The Gut Microbiome in Child Malnutrition

The Gut Microbiome in Child Malnutrition

Environmental and physiological barriers to child growth and development (videos)
Environmental and physiological barriers to child growth and development

Environmental and physiological barriers to child growth and development

Andrew Prentice