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ey0015.13-21 | Growth and Development | ESPEYB15

13.21 Early childhood linear growth faltering in low-income and middle-income countries as a whole-population condition: analysis of 179 Demographic and Health Surveys from 64 countries (1993-2015)

DE Roth , A Krishna , M Leung , J Shi , DG Bassant , AJ Barros

To read the full abstract: Lancet Glob Health 2017; 5(12):e1249-e1257This paper adds to the understanding of the factors underlying stunting in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC), a phenomenon that is adaptive to undernutrition, and associates with overall poorer health status and unfavorable social determinants of health. Previously thought to be secondary to predominantly individual...