ReviewNutrients2025
Understanding Stunting: Impact, Causes, and Strategy to Accelerate Stunting Reduction-A Narrative Review.
Review in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Association between water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices and childhood stunting in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Nutritional Stunting Is Linked to Reduced Oral Microbiome Stability and Reconfigured Microbial Networks in Children: A Pilot Intervention Study.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Trial
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- Urban-rural disparities in child linear growth: a decomposition analysis of digital, physical, and socioeconomic environments in seven least-developed countries.Journal of global health · 2026Article
- The consequences ofEClinicalMedicine · 2026Article
- Determinants of stunting among Indonesian children: a cross-sectional study on the role of child, maternal, and vaccination factors.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Explaining rural-urban disparities in child stunting in African least developed countries: a multi-country cross-sectional analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Altitude of area of residence as a risk factor for stunting in children aged 0-60 months: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Dialogues in health · 2026Review
- Nutraceutical Interventions in Stunting: Advances, Challenges, and Prospects.Food science & nutrition · 2026Review
- Healthy eating index, growth status, and household-maternal factors among young children: Evidence from a stunting region in Indonesia.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
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- Factors associated with a double burden of malnutrition among preschool-aged ethnic minority children in northern Thailand: a community-based cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Hybrid Decoding with Co-Occurrence Awareness for Fine-Grained Food Image Segmentation.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Validating self-reported exclusive breastfeeding in Eswatini using stable isotope techniques.PloS one · 2026Article
- A common risk factor strategy for combating childhood oral diseases and malnutrition in Kalpetta, India.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Article
- The Role of IGF-1 and IL-10 in Childhood Stunting: Evidence From Indonesia.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2026Article
- Midwife competency training management model based on Participatory Innovative Collaborative (PILAR) for stunting prevention in West Nias Regency.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- From gene to plate in Indonesia: a food system framework for the triple burden of malnutrition.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence of protein, lysine, and tryptophan inadequacy and their relation to stunting among Malawian under five children: evidence from the 2019/20 Integrated Household Survey.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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Abstract
Stunting is a major global health concern, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, due to its persistently high prevalence. It often originates from chronic malnutrition during the critical first 1000 days of life. Maternal and child nutrition are critical determinants of a child's growth and development. This article aimed to explore the impact, causes, and evidence-based strategies to accelerate the reduction of stunting incidence worldwide. This review was undertaken with sources from PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and MEDLINE from October 2024 to January 2025. This review was undertaken with sources from PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and MEDLINE from October 2024 to January 2025 using the keyword "Stunting", "Causes of stunting", "Stunting Impact", "Stunting Intervention", and "Stunting Prevention". The findings highlight the multifactorial causes of stunting, including maternal malnutrition, inadequate breastfeeding and complementary feeding, poor sanitation, and socioeconomic factors. Stunting is associated with impaired linear growth, cognitive deficits, gut dysbiosis, endocrine disruption, anemia, and increased risk of chronic diseases later in life. Addressing stunting demands multisectoral strategies focusing on maternal and child nutrition, infection prevention, improved WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) practices, and socioeconomic support. The evidence presented may guide policy development and targeted interventions to prevent stunting and its long-term effects.
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