Mapping Local Patterns of Childhood Overweight and Wasting in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Between 2000 and 2017
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2020
Abstract
A double burden of malnutrition occurs when individuals, household members or communities experience both undernutrition and overweight. Here, we show geospatial estimates of overweight and wasting prevalence among children under 5 years of age in 105 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) from 2000 to 2017 and aggregate these to policy-relevant administrative units. Wasting decreased overall across LMICs between 2000 and 2017, from 8.4% (62.3 (55.1–70.8) million) to 6.4% (58.3 (47.6–70.7) million), but is predicted to remain above the World Health Organization’s Global Nutrition Target of
Recommended Citation
Kinyoki, D. K., Ross, J. M., Lazzar-Atwood, A., Munro, S. B., Schaeffer, L. E., Abbasalizad-Farhangi, M., Abbasi, M., Abbastabar, H., Abdelalim, A., Abdoli, A., Abdollahi, M., Abdollahpour, I., Abdulkader, R. S., Abebe, N. D., Abebo, T. A., Abegaz, K. H., Abolhassani, H., Abreu, L. G., Abrigo, M. R. M., … LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators. (2020). Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017. Nature Medicine, 26(5), 750–759. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6
