Web Appendices

Maternal and Child Undernutrition 1

Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences

Web Figure 1 - Effects of diarrheal incidence on stunting at 24 months of age

Web Table 1 - Countries in the United Nations regions and subregions

Web Table 2 - Latest national estimates for percent women 15-49 years old with low BMI and low height by United Nations regions and countries (149)

Web Table 3 - Countries with childhood stunting prevalence ≥ 20% covering 90% of the 178 million globally estimated number of stunted children

Web Table 4 - Severe wasting estimates based on WHO standards for 36 countries identified by stunting prevalence ≥ 20% and covering 90% of 178 million globally estimated stunted children

Web Table 5 - Prevalence of IUGR-LBW and it components in 36 countries identified by stunting prevalence ≥20% and covering 90% of globally estimated numbers of stunted under-five year olds

Web Table 6 - Percent age of children by breastfeeding pattern and age group in 36 countries (prevalence ≥ 20% and covering 90% of globally estimated number of stunted under-five year olds

Web Table 7 - Sources of input parameters for disease burden calculations

Web Table 8 - Deaths of children under five years old and DALYs attributed to anthropometric nutritional risk factors by United Nations region in 2004

Web Table 9 - Deaths of children under five years old and DALYs attributed to micronutrient deficiency risk factors by United Nations region in 2004

Web Table 10 - Deaths of children under five years old and DALYs attributed to sub-optimal breastfeeding by United Nations Region in 2004

Maternal and Child Undernutrition 2
Maternal and child undernutrition: consequences for adult health and human capital

Maternal and Child Undernutrition 3
What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival

Web Appendix 1 - Breastfeeding promotion strategies and feeding patterns

Web Appendix 2 - Breastfeeding promotion and infant growth

Web Appendix 3 - Systematic review of the efficacy and effectiveness of complementary feeding interventions in developing countries

Web Appendix 4 - Meta-analysis of complementary feeding strategies and linear growth

Web Appendix 5 - Systematic review of management of childhood severe malnutrition

Web Appendix 6 - Multiple micronutrient fortification

Web Appendix 7 - Iodized salt use and fortification strategies

Web Appendix 8 - Review of iron supplementation in pregnancy and childhood

Web Appendix 9 - Systematic review of effects of dispersible micronutrients use on hemoglobin levels and anemia prevalence in children

Web Appendix 10 - Review of vitamin A supplementation in pregnancy and childhood

Web Appendix 11 - Review of vitamin A supplementation in the neonatal period

Web Appendix 12 - Review of iodine supplementation in pregnancy and childhood

Web Appendix 13 - Review of hand washing interventions to reduce childhood diarrhoea

Web Appendix 14 - The use of antihelminthics during pregnancy

Web Appendix 15 - Review of the impact of conditional cash transfer programmes

Web Appendix 16 - Dietary diversification strategies including home gardening, livestock farming and dietary modifications

Web Appendix 17 - Large-scale nutrition programs

Maternal and Child Undernutrition 4
Maternal and child undernutrition: effective action at national level

Web Figure 1

Maternal and Child Undernutrition 5
Effective international action against undernutrition: why has it proven so difficult and what can be done to accelerate progress?

Web Table 1

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