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

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.

• Autores: Kinyoki, Damaris K.; Ross, Jennifer M.; Lazzar-Atwood, Alice; Munro, Sandra B.; Schaeffer, Lauren E.; Abbasalizad-Farhangi, Mahdieh; Abbasi, Masoumeh; Abbastabar, Hedayat; Abdelalim, Ahmed; Abdoli, Amir; Alvis-Guzman, Nelson; LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2020
• Institución: Corporación Universidad de la Costa
• Repositorio: REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/7224
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/11323/7224; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6; https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
• Palabra clave: Malnutrition; Obesity; Risk factors; Signs and symptoms
• Rights: openAccess
• License: CC0 1.0 Universal