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Interests: lung diseases; nutrition; breastfeeding; complementary feeding

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Dear Colleagues,

Nutrition in early life plays a crucial role in long-term health outcomes. Therefore, having a healthy maternal and early childhood nutrition status is an important indicator of a country’s health. Nutritional status does not only depend on the availability of food; diseases such as HIV have a direct effect on maternal and child nutritional status, leading to more health problems. Further, household food security and choices have an impact on nutrition, indirectly affecting maternal and child health. Aside from not getting adequate nutrients, mothers' and children's nutritional status is affected by under or over-consumption of calories, which can lead to short- and long-term health problems.

This special issue on "Better Nutrition for Maternal and Child Health" aims to collect original research papers written by international researchers on novel topics related to nutrition, maternal and child health. Original research papers, reviews, meta-analyses, clinical studies and case reports addressing the above title are invited for this special issue.

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nutrition
obesity
maternal
antenatal/postnatal
pre-pregnant
child
infant

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Drivers of Stunting Reduction in Yogyakarta, Indonesia: A Case Study

by Tri Siswati, Slamet Iskandar, Nova Pramestuti, Jarohman Raharjo, Agus Kharmayana Rubaya and Bayu Satria Wiratama

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(24), 16497; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416497 - 8 Dec 2022

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Background: Chronic malnutrition in children is a severe global health concern. In Yogyakarta, the number of children who are too short for their age has dropped dramatically over the past few decades. Objective: To perform an analysis of trends, policies, and programs; and an assessment of government, community, household, and individual drivers of the stunting reduction in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Method: Using a mixed-methods approach, there were three types of research: (1) analysis of quantitative data, (2) evaluation of stunting policy, and (3) focus group discussions and in-depth interviews to collect qualitative data. Results: The prevalence of stunting has decreased from year to year. Mean height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) improved by 0.22 SDs from 2013 to 2021. Male and female toddlers aged <20 months have relatively the same body length as the WHO median, but it is lower for children >20 months old. The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to an increase in stunting-concurrent wasting. Nutrition-specific and -sensitive interventions have been carried out with coverage that continues to increase from year to year, although in 2020, or at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the coverage of specific interventions decreased. The government has committed to tackling stunting by implementing the five pillars of stunting prevention and the eight convergent stunting actions. As the drivers of stunting reduction, national and community stakeholders and mothers, at the village level, cited a combination of poverty reduction, years of formal education, prevention of early marriage, access to food, enhanced knowledge and perception, and increased access to sanitation and hygiene. Conclusions: Nutrition-specific and -sensitive sector improvements have been crucial for decreasing stunting in Yogyakarta, particularly in the areas of poverty reduction, food access, preventing child marriage, sanitation, education, and increasing knowledge and perception. Full article

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