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Prognostic value of different anthropometric indices over different measurement intervals to predict mortality in 6–59-month-old children

Briend A, Myatt M, Berkley JA, Black RE, Boyd EM,  et al.
2023-06-01 • Public Health Nutrition
2023-06-01 • Public Health Nutrition
OBJECTIVE
To compare the prognostic value of mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), weight-for-height Z-score (WHZ) and weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ) for predicting death over periods of...
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Research

Anthropometric criteria for best-identifying children at high risk of mortality: a pooled analysis of twelve cohorts

Khara T, Myatt M, Sadler K, Bahwere P, Berkley JA,  et al.
2023-02-03 • Public Health Nutrition
2023-02-03 • Public Health Nutrition
OBJECTIVE
To understand which anthropometric diagnostic criteria best discriminate higher from lower risk of death in children and explore programme implications.

DESIGN
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Review

Delivering health and nutrition interventions for women and children in different conflict contexts: a framework for decision making on what, when, and how

Gaffey MF, Waldman RJ, Blanchet K, Amsalu R, Capobianco E,  et al.
2021-02-06 • Lancet
2021-02-06 • Lancet
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The relationship between wasting and stunting in young children: A systematic review

Thurstans S, Sessions N, Dolan C, Sadler K, Cichon B,  et al.
2021-09-05 • Maternal and Child Nutrition
2021-09-05 • Maternal and Child Nutrition
In 2014, the Emergency Nutrition Network published a report on the relationship between wasting and stunting. We aim to review evidence generated since that review to better understand t...
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Research

Prevention of child wasting: Results of a Child Health & Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) prioritisation exercise

Frison S, Angood C, Khara T, Bahwere P, Black RE,  et al.
2020-02-12 • PLOS One
2020-02-12 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND:
An estimated 49.5 million children under five years of age are wasted. There is a lack of robust studies on effective interventions to prevent wasting. The aim of this s...
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Commentary

How can nutrition research better reflect the relationship between wasting and stunting in children? Learnings from the Wasting and Stunting Project

Sadler K, James PT, Bhutta ZA, Briend A, Isanaka S,  et al.
2022-06-10 • Journal of Nutrition
2022-06-10 • Journal of Nutrition
Childhood wasting and stunting affect large numbers of children globally. Both are important risk factors for illness and death yet, despite the fact that these conditions can share comm...
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Short Report

Beyond wasted and stunted—a major shift to fight child undernutrition

Wells JCK, Briend A, Boyd EM, Berkely JA, Hall A,  et al.
2019-09-11 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
2019-09-11 • Lancet Child and Adolescent Health
Child undernutrition refers broadly to the condition in which food intake is inadequate to meet a child's needs for physiological function, growth, and the capacity to respond to illness...