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
Climate change is hurting children's diets, global study finds (news)
Climate change is hurting children's diets, global study finds

Climate change is hurting children's diets, global study finds

A short interview with Prof Stephen Cunnane, PhD (videos)
A short interview with Prof Stephen Cunnane, PhD

A short interview with Prof Stephen Cunnane, PhD

Stephen C. Cunnane
A short interview with Prof Russell H. Swerdlow, MD. PhD (videos)
A short interview with Prof Russell H. Swerdlow, MD. PhD

A short interview with Prof Russell H. Swerdlow, MD. PhD

A short interview with Prof Cornel Sieber, MD. PhD (videos)
A short interview with Prof Cornel Sieber, MD. PhD

A short interview with Prof Cornel Sieber, MD. PhD

Cornel Sieber
Effect of an Oral Nutritional Supplement for improving brain energetics and cognition (videos)
Effect of an Oral Nutritional Supplement for improving brain energetics and cognition

Effect of an Oral Nutritional Supplement for improving brain energetics and cognition

Stephen C. Cunnane
Effect of Ketones on Brain Metabolism: Rationale for Ketotherapeutics (videos)
Effect of Ketones on Brain Metabolism: Rationale for Ketotherapeutics

Effect of Ketones on Brain Metabolism: Rationale for Ketotherapeutics

Mild Cognitive Impairment: A silent and late detection disorder (videos)
Mild Cognitive Impairment: A silent and late detection disorder

Mild Cognitive Impairment: A silent and late detection disorder

Cornel Sieber
Introduction - Prof Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft (videos)
Introduction - Prof Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft

Introduction - Prof Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft

Alfonso Cruz-Jentoft