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
Early Development of Food Preferences in Relation to Early Sensory Development and Early Flavor Exposure (videos)
Early Development of Food Preferences in Relation to Early Sensory Development and Early Flavor Exposure

Early Development of Food Preferences in Relation to Early Sensory Development and Early Flavor Exposure

Andrea Maier-Nöth
The Nest 38: Protein in Infant Feeding - The Process of Understanding (publications)
The Nest 38: Protein in Infant Feeding - The Process of Understanding

The Nest 38: Protein in Infant Feeding - The Process of Understanding

Co-Authored by 5 Experts
Link between fast food and ‘bad’ cholesterol reinforced (news)
Link between fast food and ‘bad’ cholesterol reinforced

Link between fast food and ‘bad’ cholesterol reinforced

Meeting the iron needs of young children (infographics)
Meeting the iron needs of young children

Meeting the iron needs of young children

Research reveals how diabetes in pregnancy affects baby’s heart (news)
Research reveals how diabetes in pregnancy affects baby’s heart

Research reveals how diabetes in pregnancy affects baby’s heart

Interview with Marta Fiorotto: Muscle Growth (videos)
Interview with Marta Fiorotto: Muscle Growth

Interview with Marta Fiorotto: Muscle Growth

Marta L. Fiorotto
Study finds consuming nuts strengthens brainwave function (news)
Study finds consuming nuts strengthens brainwave function

Study finds consuming nuts strengthens brainwave function

Gestational diabetes is an epidemic posing an immediate threat to thousands of pregnancies (news)
Gestational diabetes is an epidemic posing an immediate threat to thousands of pregnancies

Gestational diabetes is an epidemic posing an immediate threat to thousands of pregnancies