565 results for stunting

Stunting Is Characterized by Chronic Inflammation in Zimbabwean Infants

Andrew J. Prendergast; Sandra Rukobo; Bernard Chasekwa et al.

PLoS ONE, Vol. 9 No. 2 · 2014 · English · PLOS Scopus

Background: Stunting affects one-third of children in developing countries, but the causes remain unclear. We hypothesized that enteropathy leads to low-grade inflammation, which suppresses the growth hormone-IGF axis and mediates stunting. Methods: We conducted a case-control study of 202…

Research Priorities on the Relationship between Wasting and Stunting

Chloe Angood; Tanya Khara; Carmel Dolan et al.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 11 No. 5 · 2016 · English · PLOS Scopus

Background: Wasting and stunting are global public health problems that frequently co-exist. However, they are usually separated in terms of policy, guidance, programming and financing. Though both wasting and stunting are manifestations of undernutrition caused by disease and poor diet, there are…

Nutritional Enteric Failure: Neglected Tropical Diseases and Childhood Stunting

Kirkby D. Tickell; Judd L. Walson

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol. 10 No. 4 · 2016 · English · PLOS Scopus

Prevalence and risk predictors of childhood stunting in Bangladesh

Faruq Abdulla; Azizur Rahman; Md. Moyazzem Hossain

PLOS ONE, Vol. 18 No. 1 · 2023 · English · PLOS Scopus

…across Bangladesh. The most prevalent form of child malnutrition, stunting, is a serious public health issue in many low and middle-income countries. This study aimed to investigate the heterogeneous effect of some child, maternal, household, and health-related predictors, along with the quantiles…

Does Childhood Diarrhea Influence Cognition Beyond the Diarrhea-Stunting Pathway?

Christa L. Fischer Walker; Laura Lamberti; Linda Adair et al.

PLoS ONE, Vol. 7 No. 10 · 2012 · English · PLOS Scopus

…We did not demonstrate an association between diarrhea and cognition with stunting included in the model. The links between diarrhea, stunting, and cognition provide additional rationale for accelerating interventions to reduce diarrhea.

Environmental enteric dysfunction pathways and child stunting: A systematic review

Kaitlyn M. Harper; Maxine Mutasa; Andrew J. Prendergast et al.

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol. 12 No. 1 · 2018 · English · PLOS Scopus

…hypothesized relationships, among EED domains and between each domain and stunting, are supported by data from recent studies. Methodology: A systematic literature search was conducted using PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, and CINAHL between January 1, 2010 and April 20, 2017. Information…

What Explains Cambodia’s Success in Reducing Child Stunting-2000-2014?

Giacomo Zanello; C. S. Srinivasan; Bhavani Shankar

PLOS ONE, Vol. 11 No. 9 · 2016 · English · PLOS Scopus

…is often cited as a success case having reduced the incidence of child stunting from 51% to 34% over the period 2000 to 2014. To what extent is this success driven by improvements in the underlying determinants of nutrition, such as wealth and education, (“covariate effects”) and to what extent by…

Beyond personal factors: Multilevel determinants of childhood stunting in Indonesia

Tri Mulyaningsih; Itismita Mohanty; Vitri Widyaningsih et al.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 16 No. 11 · 2021 · English · PLOS Scopus

Background: Stunting is still a major public health problem in low- and middle-income countries, including Indonesia. Previous studies have reported the complexities associated with understanding the determinants of stunting. This study aimed to examine the household-, subdistrict- and…

Stunting and academic trajectory in urban settings of Burkina Faso

Rabi Joël Gansaonré; Lynne Moore; Jean-François Kobiané et al.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 19 No. 12 · 2024 · English · PLOS Scopus

Background: Impaired growth in childhood can lead to poor cognitive development and low school performance. However, literature on the effects of stunting on school trajectory is very limited. The primary objective of this research was to estimate the age at which children start school according to…

Shigella and childhood stunting: Evidence, gaps, and future research directions

Karoun H. Bagamian; John D. Anderson IV; Gabriela Blohm et al.

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vol. 17 No. 9 · 2023 · English · PLOS Scopus

…to 5 years old. Asymptomatic cases of Shigella can also give rise to stunting, highlighting the need to refine existing tools for clinical and laboratory surveillance. Shigella is also linked to intestinal inflammation indicators, warranting further research on how this biological pathway may…

Intersectional analysis of early childhood stunting in households in Nigeria

Ayodeji Babatunde Oginni

PLOS One, Vol. 21 No. 8 · 2026 · English · PLOS Scopus

This study assessed the trend in the level of under-five stunting across the different dimensions of the intersection of household wealth status (rich, average, or poor), type of place of residence (rural or urban), and gender of household heads (male or female) to identify households that were…

Concurrence of stunting and overweight/obesity among children: Evidence from Ethiopia

Alinoor Mohamed Farah; Tahir Yousuf Nour; Bilal Shikur Endris et al.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 16 No. 1 · 2021 · English · PLOS Scopus

…crucial to assess the prevalence and determinants of concurrence stunting and overweight/obesity to better inform nutrition programs in Ethiopia and beyond. Methods: We analyzed anthropometric, sociodemographic and dietary data of children under five years of age from 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and…

Socioeconomic priorities and stunting in rural indonesia: A mixed-method study

Akhmad Mustofa; Nanik Suhartatik; Edi Wibowo et al.

PLOS One, Vol. 21 No. 3 · 2026 · English · PLOS Scopus

As part of the plan to lower the stunting rate by up to 14% in Indonesia in 2024, a nutritional intervention program for stunted children was implemented in 2023. The program, which ran for four months, involved the daily administration of high-protein supplementary food to 4.9 million stunted…

Thirty years of declining stunting in Tanzania: Trends and ongoing challenges

Ester Elisaria; Bet Caeyers; Esther Nkuba et al.

PLOS One, Vol. 20 No. 7 · 2025 · English · PLOS Scopus

Background: Tanzania has made considerable gains in children’s nutrition between 1991/92 and 2022. The country’s stunting rate has decreased from 50% in 1992 to 30% in 2022. However, stunting varies greatly among regions. The purpose of this study was to examine regional trends in stunting rates…

Associations of stunting in early childhood with cardiometabolic risk factors in adulthood

Emanuella De Lucia Rolfe; Giovanny Vinícius Araújo de França; Carolina Avila Vianna et al.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 13 No. 4 · 2018 · English · PLOS Scopus

Early life stunting may have long-term effects on body composition, resulting in obesity-related comorbidities. We tested the hypothesis that individuals stunted in early childhood may be at higher cardiometabolic risk later in adulthood. 1753 men and 1781 women participating in the 1982 Pelotas…

Stunting among children under two years in Indonesia: Does maternal education matter?

Agung Dwi Laksono; Ratna Dwi Wulandari; Nurillah Amaliah et al.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 17 No. 7 · 2022 · English · PLOS Scopus

Background: Measuring height for age is one of the essential indicators for evaluating children’s growth. The study analyzes the association between maternal education and stunting among children under two years in Indonesia. Methods: The study employed secondary data from the 2017 Indonesia…

Spatial distribution of stunting among breast feeding children in Sub-Sahara Africa

Bekahegn Girma; Lealem Dibku Sasahu; Azizur Rahman

PLOS One, Vol. 20 No. 6 · 2025 · English · PLOS Scopus

Background: Malnutrition is still a major global public health issue, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where millions of children suffer from stunting, a chronic form of the disease. In addition to limiting physical growth, stunting also impedes social and cognitive development, which…

Childhood brain morphometry in children with persistent stunting and catch-up growth

Beena Koshy; Vedha Viyas Thilagarajan; Samuel Berkins et al.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 20 No. 2 · 2025 · English · PLOS Scopus

Background: Early childhood stunting affects around 150 million young children worldwide and leads to suboptimal human potential in later life. However, there is limited data on the effects of early childhood stunting and catch-up growth on brain morphometry. Methods: We evaluated childhood brain…

A Systematic Analysis on mRNA and MicroRNA Expression in Runting and Stunting Chickens

Li Zhang; Ying Li; Xiujuan Xie et al.

PLOS ONE, Vol. 10 No. 5 · 2015 · English · PLOS Scopus

Runting and stunting syndrome (RSS), which is characterized by lower body weight, widely occurs in broilers. Some RSS chickens simply exhibit slow growth without pathological changes. An increasing number of studies indicate that broiler strains differ in susceptibility to infectious diseases, most…

Proximal and contextual correlates of childhood stunting in India: A geo-spatial analysis

Ashish Kumar Gupta; K. G. Santhya

PLOS ONE, Vol. 15 No. 8 · 2020 · English · PLOS Scopus

Background: Globally, India is home to every third child affected by stunting. While numerous studies have examined the correlates of childhood stunting (CS) in India, most of these studies have focused on examining the role of proximal factors, and the role of contextual factors is much less…