{
  "abstract": "Globally, an estimated 42.8 million children (6.6% prevalence) worldwide suffered from wasting at any given time in 2024, with severe cases accounting for 20% of deaths among children under 5 years old. 1 2 Ongoing crises—including armed conflicts, food price volatility, economic instability, climate change and aid funding cuts—are expected to intensify wasting-related deaths, as poverty and food insecurity deepen.3 4 As a result, preventing child wasting is more urgent than ever. However, there is limited empirical evidence on effective wasting prevention strategies and optimal targeting criteria. These evidence gaps make it challenging to reach the most vulnerable children and to prevent wasting with cost-effective interventions.5",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Nutrition, Diets and Health Unit, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, District of Columbia, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Marie T Ruel"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Center for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland"
      ],
      "name": "Per Ashorn"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya",
        "Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, Oxford University, Oxford, UK"
      ],
      "name": "James A Berkley"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Institute for Global Nutrition and Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Kathryn G Dewey"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Concern Worldwide, Dublin, Ireland"
      ],
      "name": "Kate Golden"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Nutrition, Diets and Health Unit, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, District of Columbia, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Lieven Huybregts"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa"
      ],
      "name": "Michael McCaul"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa"
      ],
      "name": "Celeste E Naude"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland"
      ],
      "name": "Zita Weise Prinzo"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Consultant to the World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland"
      ],
      "name": "Allison I Daniel"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Prevention of wasting and nutritional oedema: evidence gaps identified during WHO guideline development",
  "uid": "d61e8389-2e95-5e4b-b17c-511f21a12172"
}