Stunting – low height for age
Childhood growth retardation as a result of long-term nutritional deprivation.


  • In developing countries, stunting remains the biggest problem (29%) with relative decrease of 20% per ten-year period, followed by wasting which shows a persistent rate around 10% for the last 20 years 
  • In Africa, stunting stagnated at ~ 40% which translates into increasing numbers of stunted children (from 45 million in 1990 to 60 million in 2010)
  • Asia, in contrast, with a prevalence of 28%, nearly halved the number of stunted children over the last 20 years from 190 million (1990) to 100 million (2010) 


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Agriculture, food and land use »Agriculture, food and land use
Improving Diet and Nutrition »Improving Diet and Nutrition
1. Challenges for global diet & nutrition »1. Challenges for global diet & nutrition
Large-scale malnutrition in developing and developed countries »Large-scale malnutrition in developing and developed countries
2 billion people are underweight and 1 billion are hungry »2 billion people are underweight and 1 billion are hungry
Stunting – low height for age
Agricultural growth effective at addressing stunting »Agricultural growth effective at addressing stunting
Delayed / impaired mental development »Delayed / impaired mental development
Obstetric complications »Obstetric complications
Intergenerational cycle of malnutrition »Intergenerational cycle of malnutrition
Increased risk of infectious diseases »Increased risk of infectious diseases
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