Child deaths due to the insidious malnutrition epidemic are a seminal challenge to human security in low and middle-income countries. In addition to hunger interfering with human potential, poor nutritional status leads to long-term health inequalities and disabling conditions. Reducing child mortality is one of the Millennium Developmental Goals, and one of the primordial processes to achieve ...

The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of parents as peer educators disseminating nutrition and child feeding information. Parents of infants aged from birth to three years were trained as peer educators in a face-to-face workshop, and then shared evidence-based child feeding and nutrition information via Facebook, email, and printed resources for six months to peers, family, and...

Sustainable development, a foundation of the post-2015 global agenda, depends on healthy and productive citizens. The origins of adult health begin early in life, stemming from genetic–environmental interactions that include adequate nutrition and opportunities for responsive learning. Inequities associated with inadequate nutrition and early learning opportunities can undermine children’s heal...

Institute for Health Research & Policy, London Metropolitan University, London, UK; Centre for Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, London, UK; Child Growth Foundation, 2 Mayfield Avenue, London, UK; MRC Human Nutrition Research, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Cambridge, UK and MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Londo...

BACKGROUND Nutritional health is essential for children's growth and development. Many Mexican-origin children who reside in limited-resource colonias along the Texas-Mexico border are at increased risk for poor nutrition as a result of household food insecurity. However, little is known about the prevalence of child hunger or its associated factors among children of Mexican immigrants. This st...

Purpose: Using the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics benchmarks as a framework, this study examined childcare providers’ (Head Start [HS], Child and Adult Care Food Program [CACFP] funded, and non-CACFP) perspectives regarding communicating with parents about nutrition to promote children’s health. Design: Qualitative. Setting: State-licensed center-based childcare programs. Participants: Full...

PURPOSE Using the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics benchmarks as a framework, this study examined childcare providers' (Head Start [HS], Child and Adult Care Food Program [CACFP] funded, and non-CACFP) perspectives regarding communicating with parents about nutrition to promote children's health. DESIGN Qualitative. SETTING State-licensed center-based childcare programs. PARTICIPANTS Fu...

On the part of LSTM, the lead author was Esther Richards, who drafted the review and then incorporated comments and suggestions to produce this final version. She was supported by Rachel Tolhurst and Sally Theobald, who provided substantive technical inputs. On the UNICEF Health Section side, Asha George played a key role in conceptualizing the scope of the review and providing technical feedba...

Mary Story, Karen Kaphingst, and Simone French argue that researchers and policymakers focused on childhood obesity have paid insufficient attention to child care. Although child care settings can be a major force in shaping children's dietary intake, physical activity, and energy balance-and thus in combating the childhood obesity epidemic-researchers know relatively little about either the nu...