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
The Role of Optimized Plant Protein in the Treatment of Acute Malnutrition (videos)
The Role of Optimized Plant Protein in the Treatment of Acute Malnutrition

The Role of Optimized Plant Protein in the Treatment of Acute Malnutrition

Mark Manary
Balancing safety and potential for impact in micronutrient interventions (videos)
Balancing safety and potential for impact in micronutrient interventions

Balancing safety and potential for impact in micronutrient interventions

Sant-Rayn Pasricha
The importance of food composition data for estimating micronutrient intake: what do we know now and into the future? (videos)
The importance of food composition data for estimating micronutrient intake: what do we know now and into the future?

The importance of food composition data for estimating micronutrient intake: what do we know now and into the future?

Improving children’s diet: approach and progress (videos)
Improving children’s diet: approach and progress

Improving children’s diet: approach and progress

Usha Ramakrishnan
A summary of When does it all begin: What, when and how young children are fed (videos)
A summary of When does it all begin: What, when and how young children are fed

A summary of When does it all begin: What, when and how young children are fed

Usha Ramakrishnan
Global landscape of malnutrition in infants and young children (videos)
Global landscape of malnutrition in infants and young children

Global landscape of malnutrition in infants and young children

Lynette M. Neufeld
The Adult Malnutrition Consensus Criteria: How to Apply to Your Practice (videos)
The Adult Malnutrition Consensus Criteria: How to Apply to Your Practice

The Adult Malnutrition Consensus Criteria: How to Apply to Your Practice

Ainsley Malone
Do you IDDSI? Let’s Talk Implementation (videos)
Do you IDDSI? Let’s Talk Implementation

Do you IDDSI? Let’s Talk Implementation

Luis F. Riquelme