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
Preventing and Treating Malnutrition Outside the Hospital: Preliminary Considerations of Nutrition Care in Adults with COVID-19 (videos)
Preventing and Treating Malnutrition Outside the Hospital: Preliminary Considerations of Nutrition Care in Adults with COVID-19

Preventing and Treating Malnutrition Outside the Hospital: Preliminary Considerations of Nutrition Care in Adults with COVID-19

Video Teaser: Nutritional Deficiencies: Cognitive and Social Development Among Toddlers (videos)
Video Teaser: Nutritional Deficiencies: Cognitive and Social Development Among Toddlers

Video Teaser: Nutritional Deficiencies: Cognitive and Social Development Among Toddlers

Maureen Black
Nutritional management of patients with SARS-CoV-2 (videos)
Nutritional management of patients with SARS-CoV-2

Nutritional management of patients with SARS-CoV-2

Pierre Singer
Video Teaser: Global Landscape of Malnutrition in Infants and Young Children (videos)
Video Teaser: Global Landscape of Malnutrition in Infants and Young Children

Video Teaser: Global Landscape of Malnutrition in Infants and Young Children

Lynette M. Neufeld
Interview with Prof Pedro Abizanda, MD, PhD (videos)
Interview with Prof Pedro Abizanda, MD, PhD

Interview with Prof Pedro Abizanda, MD, PhD

Prof Philipp Schuetz, MD, PhD. (videos)
Prof Philipp Schuetz, MD, PhD.

Prof Philipp Schuetz, MD, PhD.

More than 1 in 3 low- and middle-income countries face both extremes of malnutrition (news)
More than 1 in 3 low- and middle-income countries face both extremes of malnutrition

More than 1 in 3 low- and middle-income countries face both extremes of malnutrition

Oral Nutritional Support in Medical Inpatients - Is it Worth the Effort? (videos)
Oral Nutritional Support in Medical Inpatients - Is it Worth the Effort?

Oral Nutritional Support in Medical Inpatients - Is it Worth the Effort?