@article{fdi:010084329,
  title = {{T}he relationship between wasting and stunting in {C}ambodian children : secondary analysis of longitudinal data of children below 24 months of age followed up until the age of 59 months},
  author = {{M}utunga, {M}. and {R}utishauser-{P}erera, {A}. and {L}aillou, {A}. and {P}rak, {S}. and {B}erger, {J}acques and {W}ieringa, {F}ranck and {B}ahwere, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he interrelationship between wasting and stunting has been poorly investigated. {W}e assessed the association between two indicators of linear growth, height-for-age {Z}-score ({HAZ}) change and occurrence of accelerated linear growth, and selected indicators of wasting and wasting reversal in 5,172 {C}ambodian children aged less than 24 months at enrolment in the '{M}y{H}ealth' study. {T}he specific objectives were to evaluate the relationship between temporal changes in wasting and 1) change in {HAZ} and 2) episodes of accelerated linear growth. {A}t enrolment, the stunting and wasting prevalence were 22.2 (21.0;23.3) % and 9.1 (8.1;10.1) %, respectively, and reached 41.4 (39.3;43.6) %, and 12.4 (11.5;13.3) % respectively, two years later. {B}etween 14-19% of stunted children were also wasted throughout the whole study period. {F}or each centimetre increase in {M}id-{U}pper {A}rm {C}ircumference ({MUAC}) from the previous assessment, the {HAZ} increased by 0.162 (0.150; 0.174) {Z}-score. {W}e also observed a delayed positive association between the weight for height {Z} score ({WHZ}) unit increase and {HAZ} change of +0.10 to +0.22 units consistent with a positive relationship between linear growth and an increase in {WHZ} occurring with a lag of approximately three months. {A} similar positive correlation was observed for the occurrence of an episode of accelerated linear growth. {T}hese results show that interventions to prevent and treat wasting can contribute to stunting reduction and call for integrated wasting and stunting programming.},
  keywords = {{CAMBODGE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{PL}o{S} {O}ne},
  volume = {16},
  numero = {11},
  pages = {e0259765 [21 p.]},
  ISSN = {1932-6203},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pone.0259765},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084329},
}