ReviewThe Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia2025
Preconception malnutrition among women and girls in south Asia: prevalence, determinants, and association with pregnancy and birth outcomes.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Age at menarche in South Asia: an interplay of sociodemographic, nutritional, lifestyle, anthropometric, biological, and environmental factors-a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- The paradoxical protective effect of malnutrition in acetaminophen-induced liver injury.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2026Article
- Prevalence and determinants of low birth weight and its association with child malnutrition in Bangladesh.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Evaluating a community-based care package delivered by trained nurses to improve preconception and maternal-child health: protocol of a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Bridging the gaps: advancing preconception nutrition in South Asia through evidence, policy, and action.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2025Review
- Effects of preconception nutrition interventions on pregnancy and birth outcomes in South Asia: a systematic review.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2025Review
- Maintaining nutrition as a woman's right through the life course.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2025Article
- Optimizing pre-conception care in South Asia.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2025Article
- Policies and programmes to improve preconception nutrition in South Asia.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2025Review
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Abstract
This review highlights the growing double burden of malnutrition among women of reproductive age in South Asia. Using nationally-representative survey data, we highlight that the prevalence of overweight now exceeds that of underweight, while anaemia remains persistently high despite intervention efforts. Underweight and anaemia are more common among unmarried women, whereas overweight is more prevalent among parous women, underscoring the need for life-stage-specific preconception nutrition programs. In our systematic review, micronutrient deficiencies vary widely between and within countries, reflecting regional disparities in nutritional status and inconsistencies in diagnostic methods. Associations of preconception underweight, overweight, anaemia and micronutrient deficiencies with health, nutrition, socio-demographic, and WASH indicators are mixed, emphasising the need for tailored, context-specific interventions. The lack of longitudinal studies limits our understanding of associations between preconception nutritional status and subsequent birth outcomes, underscoring the need for comprehensive, longitudinal studies across South Asia to inform and monitor targeted nutrition programs.
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