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.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 750-759 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Nature Medicine |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 May 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was primarily supported by grant OPP1132415 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded to S.I.H. The corresponding author had full access to data in the study and had final responsibility for the decision to submit the study for publication.
Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Co-authors employed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation provided feedback on initial maps and drafts of this manuscript. Otherwise, the funders of the study had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, writing of the final report or the decision to publish. The corresponding author had full access to all data in the study and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication. Dr Uddin reports personal fees from Deakin University Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Australia, outside the submitted work. Dr Lorkowski reports personal fees from Akcea Therapeutics, Amedes MVZ für Laboratoriumsdiagnostik und Mikrobiologie, AMGEN, Berlin-Chemie, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, Daiichi Sankyo, MSD Sharp & Dohme, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-Aventis, Synlab, Unilever and Upfield, as well as nonfinancial support from Preventicus outside the submitted work. Prof. Postma reports grants and personal fees from various pharmaceutical industries, all outside the submitted work. Prof. Postma holds stocks in Ingress Health and Pharmacoeconomics Advice Groningen and is advisor to Asc Academics, all pharmacoeconomic consultancy companies. Dr Remuzzi reports personal fees and nonfinancial support from Alnylam, personal fees and nonfinancial support from Boehringer Ingelheim, personal fees and nonfinancial support from Handock Inc., personal fees and nonfinancial support from Inception Sciences Canada and personal fees and nonfinancial support from Achillion, outside the submitted work. Dr. Jakovljevic reports grants from Ministry of Education Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia outside the submitted work. Dr Flohr reports grants from European Union IMI grant scheme (Horizon 2020) outside the submitted work. Dr Jozwiak reports personal fees from ALAB LABORATORIA,
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
