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 Leonidas Karagounis: Importance of Dietary Protein at Breakfast in Childhood (videos)
Interview with Leonidas Karagounis: Importance of Dietary Protein at Breakfast in Childhood

Interview with Leonidas Karagounis: Importance of Dietary Protein at Breakfast in Childhood

Interview with Theresa Nicklas: Breakfast Skipping and Weight (videos)
Interview with Theresa Nicklas: Breakfast Skipping and Weight

Interview with Theresa Nicklas: Breakfast Skipping and Weight

Interview with Sandra Sunram Lea - Breakfast Glycaemic Index and Cognitive Function in School Children (videos)
Interview with Sandra Sunram Lea - Breakfast Glycaemic Index and Cognitive Function in School Children

Interview with Sandra Sunram Lea - Breakfast Glycaemic Index and Cognitive Function in School Children

Sandra Sünram-Lea
Effect of Parental Feeding on Child’s Eating Behavior (videos)
Effect of Parental Feeding on Child’s Eating Behavior

Effect of Parental Feeding on Child’s Eating Behavior

What Children Eat (videos)
What Children Eat

What Children Eat

Christiani Jeyakumar Henry
Child Eating Behavior and Energy Intake (videos)
Child Eating Behavior and Energy Intake

Child Eating Behavior and Energy Intake

Ciarán Forde
FITS/KNHS Overview (videos)
FITS/KNHS Overview

FITS/KNHS Overview

Alison Eldridge
China Case Study (videos)
China Case Study

China Case Study

Dantong Wang