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  • Title: Growth faltering and recovery in children aged 1-8 years in four low- and middle-income countries: Young Lives.
    Author: Lundeen EA, Behrman JR, Crookston BT, Dearden KA, Engle P, Georgiadis A, Penny ME, Stein AD, Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team.
    Journal: Public Health Nutr; 2014 Sep; 17(9):2131-7. PubMed ID: 24477079.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: We characterized post-infancy child growth patterns and determined the incidence of becoming stunted and of recovery from stunting. DESIGN: Data came from Young Lives, a longitudinal study of childhood poverty in four low- and middle-income countries. SETTING: We analysed length/height measurements for children at ages 1, 5 and 8 years. SUBJECTS: Children (n 7171) in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. RESULTS: Mean height-for-age Z-score (HAZ) at age 1 year ranged from -1·51 (Ethiopia) to -1·08 (Vietnam). From age 1 to 5 years, mean HAZ increased by 0·27 in Ethiopia (P < 0·001) and decreased among the other cohorts (range: -0·19 (Peru) to -0·32 (India); all P < 0·001). From 5 to 8 years, mean HAZ increased in all cohorts (range: 0·19 (India) to 0·38 (Peru); all P < 0·001). Prevalence of stunting (HAZ<-2·0) at 1 year ranged from 21 % (Vietnam) to 46 % (Ethiopia). From age 1 to 5 years, stunting prevalence decreased by 15·1 percentage points in Ethiopia (P < 0·001) and increased in the other cohorts (range: 3·0 percentage points (Vietnam) to 5·3 percentage points (India); all P ≤ 0·001). From 5 to 8 years, stunting prevalence decreased in all cohorts (range: 5·0 percentage points (Vietnam) to 12·7 percentage points (Peru); all P < 0·001). The incidence of becoming stunted between ages 1 to 5 years ranged from 11 % (Vietnam) to 22 % (India); between ages 5 to 8 years, it ranged from 3 % (Peru) to 6 % (India and Ethiopia). The incidence of recovery from stunting between ages 1 and 5 years ranged from 27 % (Vietnam) to 53 % (Ethiopia); between ages 5 and 8 years, it ranged from 30 % (India) to 47 % (Ethiopia). CONCLUSIONS: We found substantial recovery from early stunting among children in four low- and middle-income countries.
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