Strategies to reduce malnutrition in children: what works in low-resource settings?
Current evidence underscores a shift toward integrated, layered, and context-responsive programming as the most effective path to reducing child malnutrition. Future research should prioritise implementation models that bridge nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive domains, strengthen health and community systems, and adapt to climate and humanitarian pressures.
Authors
- Narjis Fatima Hussain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8616-8194)
- Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
Institutions
- Aga Khan University (PK)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) (BE)
- SickKids Foundation (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care
- Published
- 2025-12-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mco.0000000000001193
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00