How countries can reduce child stunting at scale: lessons from exemplar countries

• Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 112; no. Supplement_2; pp. 894S - 904S
• Main Authors: Bhutta, Zulfiqar A, Akseer, Nadia, Keats, Emily C, Vaivada, Tyler, Baker, Shawn, Horton, Susan E, Katz, Joanne, Menon, Purnima, Piwoz, Ellen, Shekar, Meera, Victora, Cesar, Black, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2020; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adult; Child, Preschool; children; Cross-Sectional Studies; Developing Countries - statistics & numerical data; Evaluation Studies as Topic; exemplar; Female; Growth Disorders - economics; Growth Disorders - epidemiology; Growth Disorders - prevention & control; Humans; Infant; linear growth; Male; Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; mixed methods; Multivariate Analysis; nutrition; Nutritional Status; stunting; Supplements and Symposia; Young Adult; HAZ; WHA; nutrition; mixed methods; children; SDG; WASH; exemplar; LMIC; linear growth; stunting

Child stunting and linear growth faltering have declined over the past few decades and several countries have made exemplary progress. To synthesize findings from mixed methods studies of exemplar countries to provide guidance on how to accelerate reduction in child stunting. We did a qualitative an...