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

LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators

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

LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators

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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
Pages (from-to)	750-759
Number of pages	10
Journal	Nature Medicine
Volume	26
Issue number	5
Early online date	20 Apr 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2020

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Keywords

Child
Child, Preschool
Demography
Developing Countries/statistics & numerical data
Female
Geographic Mapping
Humans
Income/statistics & numerical data
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Malnutrition/epidemiology
Nutritional Status
Overweight/epidemiology
Pediatric Obesity/epidemiology
Poverty/statistics & numerical data
Prevalence
Social Class
Wasting Syndrome/epidemiology

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

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

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