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Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017
| datacite.subject.fos | Ciências Médicas | |
| datacite.subject.sdg | 03:Saúde de Qualidade | |
| dc.contributor.author | LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-28T10:05:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-28T10:05:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-05 | |
| dc.description.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. | eng |
| dc.identifier.citation | LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators. Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017. Nat Med 26, 750–759 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1546-170X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/58205 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | Springer Nature | |
| dc.relation.hasversion | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6 | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.title | Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017 | eng |
| dc.type | contribution to journal | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 759 | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 5 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 750 | |
| oaire.citation.title | Nature Medicine | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 26 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 |