TY - JOUR
T1 - Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017
AU - LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators
AU - Kinyoki, Damaris K.
AU - Ross, Jennifer M.
AU - Lazzar-Atwood, Alice
AU - Munro, Sandra B.
AU - Schaeffer, Lauren E.
AU - Abbasalizad-Farhangi, Mahdieh
AU - Abbasi, Masoumeh
AU - Abbastabar, Hedayat
AU - Abdelalim, Ahmed
AU - Abdoli, Amir
AU - Abdollahi, Mohammad
AU - Abdollahpour, Ibrahim
AU - Abdulkader, Rizwan Suliankatchi
AU - Abebe, Nebiyu Dereje
AU - Abebo, Teshome Abuka
AU - Abegaz, Kedir Hussein
AU - Abolhassani, Hassan
AU - Abreu, Lucas Guimarães
AU - Abrigo, Michael R.M.
AU - Abushouk, Abdelrahman I.
AU - Accrombessi, Manfred Mario Kokou
AU - Acharya, Dilaram
AU - Adabi, Maryam
AU - Adebiyi, Akindele Olupelumi
AU - Adedeji, Isaac Akinkunmi
AU - Adekanmbi, Victor
AU - Adeoye, Abiodun Moshood
AU - Adetokunboh, Olatunji O.
AU - Adham, Davoud
AU - Aduroja, Posi Emmanuel
AU - Advani, Shailesh M.
AU - Afarideh, Mohsen
AU - Aghaali, Mohammad
AU - Agrawal, Anurag
AU - Ahmad, Tauseef
AU - Ahmadi, Keivan
AU - Ahmadi, Sepideh
AU - Ahmed, Muktar Beshir
AU - Ahmed, Rushdia
AU - Ajumobi, Olufemi
AU - Akal, Chalachew Genet
AU - Akalu, Temesgen Yihunie
AU - Akinyemiju, Tomi
AU - Akombi, Blessing
AU - Al-Aly, Ziyad
AU - Alam, Samiah
AU - Alamene, Genet Melak
AU - Alanzi, Turki M.
AU - Rabanal, Jacqueline Elizabeth Alcalde
AU - Househ, Mowafa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s).
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85084142866
U2 - 10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6
DO - 10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 32313249
AN - SCOPUS:85084142866
SN - 1078-8956
VL - 26
SP - 750
EP - 759
JO - Nature Medicine
JF - Nature Medicine
IS - 5
ER -