Nutritional status of children aged 6–59 mo born to mothers treated for severe acute malnutrition in childhood: an observational Lwiro cohort study in Democratic Republic of Congo
In DRC, children whose mothers had been exposed to childhood malnutrition had a higher prevalence of malnutrition than children born to unexposed mothers. GAM and stunting exceed the extreme severity threshold set by the World Health Organization.
Authors
- Christine Chimanuka Murhima’alika
- Christian Chiribagula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9889-6356)
- Anouk Neven
- Gaylord Amani Ngaboyeka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4906-1851)
- Ghislain Bisimwa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4799-1115)
- Pacifique Mwene‐Batu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0413-2732)
- Jonathan C. K. Wells (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0411-8025)
- Michèle Dramaix
- Philippe Donnen
Institutions
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- Institut Supérieur de Technique Médicale (CD)
- Université Catholique de Bukavu (CD)
- Université Evangélique en Afrique (CD)
- University College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2025.09.040
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00