Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017

Damaris K. Kinyoki, Jennifer M. Ross, Alice Lazzar-Atwood, Sandra B. Munro, Lauren E. Schaeffer, Mahdieh Abbasalizad-Farhangi, Masoumeh Abbasi, Hedayat Abbastabar, Ahmed Abdelalim, Amir Abdoli, Mohammad Abdollahi, Ibrahim Abdollahpour, Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader, Nebiyu Dereje Abebe, Teshome Abuka Abebo, Kedir Hussein Abegaz, Hassan Abolhassani, Lucas Guimarães Abreu, Michael R.M. Abrigo, Abdelrahman I. AbushoukManfred Mario Kokou Accrombessi, Dilaram Acharya, Maryam Adabi, Akindele Olupelumi Adebiyi, Isaac Akinkunmi Adedeji, Victor Adekanmbi, Abiodun Moshood Adeoye, Olatunji O. Adetokunboh, Davoud Adham, Posi Emmanuel Aduroja, Shailesh M. Advani, Mohsen Afarideh, Mohammad Aghaali, Anurag Agrawal, Tauseef Ahmad, Keivan Ahmadi, Sepideh Ahmadi, Muktar Beshir Ahmed, Rushdia Ahmed, Olufemi Ajumobi, Chalachew Genet Akal, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Tomi Akinyemiju, Blessing Akombi, Ziyad Al-Aly, Samiah Alam, Genet Melak Alamene, Turki M. Alanzi, Jacqueline Elizabeth Alcalde Rabanal, Joshua Longbottom

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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 <5% in over half of LMICs by 2025. Prevalence of overweight increased from 5.2% (30 (22.8–38.5) million) in 2000 to 6.0% (55.5 (44.8–67.9) million) children aged under 5 years in 2017. Areas most affected by double burden of malnutrition were located in Indonesia, Thailand, southeastern China, Botswana, Cameroon and central Nigeria. Our estimates provide a new perspective to researchers, policy makers and public health agencies in their efforts to address this global childhood syndemic.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)750-759
Number of pages10
JournalNature Medicine
Volume26
Issue number5
Early online date20 Apr 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2020

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    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. & Abushouk, A. I. & 30 others, Accrombessi, M. M. K., Acharya, D., Adabi, M., Adebiyi, A. O., Adedeji, I. A., Adekanmbi, V., Adeoye, A. M., Adetokunboh, O. O., Adham, D., Aduroja, P. E., Advani, S. M., Afarideh, M., Aghaali, M., Agrawal, A., Ahmad, T., Ahmadi, K., Ahmadi, S., Ahmed, M. B., Ahmed, R., Ajumobi, O., Akal, C. G., Akalu, T. Y., Akinyemiju, T., Akombi, B., Al-Aly, Z., Alam, S., Alamene, G. M., Alanzi, T. M., Rabanal, J. E. A. & Longbottom, J., 1 Aug 2020, 1 p.

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