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Evidence-Based Prevention of Childhood Malnutrition

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 2636

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Charoula K Nikolaou

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Foods and Markets Department Natural Resources Institute, Faculty of Engineering & Science, University of Greenwich, 020 Greenwich, UK
Interests: malnutrition; prevention; treatment
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Dear Colleagues,

Despite important progress, the speed with which malnutrition is being reduced is insufficient to deliver on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2: End Hunger, and Target 2.2 which aims to end all forms of malnutrition by 2030.

Malnutrition is a state of nutrition in which a deficiency or excess of energy, protein and other nutrients causes measurable adverse effects on the body tissues and form (body shape, size and composition) and function and clinical outcome. Up to 811 million people are estimated to be undernourished and about 2 billion are either overweight or obese. Covid-19 epidemic exacerbated the issue of malnutrition and the effects will be more profound in the years to follow the Covid-19 epidemic.

Dr. Charoula K Nikolaou
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • malnutrition obesity
  • undernutrition
  • overweight
  • diet assessment
  • ready to use therapeutic foods

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Effects of Nutrition Counselling and Unconditional Cash Transfer on Child Growth and Family Food Security in Internally Displaced Person Camps in Somalia—A Quasi-Experimental Study
by Mohamed Kalid Ali, Renée Flacking, Munshi Sulaiman and Fatumo Osman
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(20), 13441; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013441 - 18 Oct 2022
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The effects of nutrition counselling (NC) and unconditional cash transfer (UCT) in improving growth in children under five and household food security are poorly understood in humanitarian settings. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of NC and NC combined with unconditional [...] Read more.
The effects of nutrition counselling (NC) and unconditional cash transfer (UCT) in improving growth in children under five and household food security are poorly understood in humanitarian settings. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effects of NC and NC combined with unconditional cash transfer (NC + UCT) on children’s growth and food security in Somalia. The study was performed with a quasi-experimental design in two districts in the Banadir region of Somalia. Caregivers (n = 255) with mildly to moderately malnourished children aged 6 to 59 months old (n = 184) were randomized to the NC, NC + UCT and control groups. The interventions consisted of weekly NC for three months alone or in combination with UCT. The outcome variables were wasting, underweight, stunting, and food security. Difference-indifferences analysis was used to estimate the effect of the interventions. Our study did not find any significant impacts of NC or NC + UCT on child wasting, underweight, stunting, food security or household expenses. In conclusion, NC, alone or in combination with UCT, did not impact children’s growth or household food security. Thus, a culturally tailored NC programme over a longer period, supplemented with cash transfer, could be beneficial to consider when designing interventions to reduce malnutrition and food insecurity. Full article
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