While progress has been made over recent decades towards addressing the global problem of undernutrition in children and mothers, there continues to be a high burden of severe malnutrition in the populations of low- and middle-income countries. In an Editorial, Zulfiqar Bhutta discusses prevention and treatment strategies for optimization of community-based management of severe acute malnutrition in children, contextualizing the findings of an accompanying research article by Matt Hitchings and co-workers reporting on a cluster-randomized trial carried out in Nigeria, which investigated follow-up schedules for treatment of severe acute malnutrition.
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Editorial
Optimizing prevention and community-based management of severe malnutrition in children
PLOS Medicine: published March 1, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003924
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Effectiveness of a monthly schedule of follow-up for the treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in Sokoto, Nigeria: A cluster randomized crossover trial
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Testing availability, positioning, promotions, and signage of healthier food options and purchasing behaviour within major UK supermarkets: Evaluation of 6 nonrandomised controlled intervention studies
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Correction
Correction: Estimating impact of food choices on life expectancy: A modeling study
PLOS Medicine: published March 25, 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003962