Anna Lartey

TL;DR: In this article, the authors did a comprehensive update of interventions to address undernutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in women and children and used standard methods to assess emerging new evidence for delivery platforms.

TL;DR: All 3 supplements had positive effects on motor milestone acquisition by 12 mo compared with no intervention, but only NB affected growth.

TL;DR: This study was conducted in Ghana, India, Norway, Oman, and the United States as part of the longitudinal component of the World Health Organization Multicentre Growth Reference Study (MGRS).

TL;DR: There are successful interventions to improve the nutrition of mothers, infants and young children, which will be addressed and new international growth standards for assessing the growth and nutritional status of children provides the tool for early detection of growth faltering and for appropriate intervention.

TL;DR: Maternal and child nutrition: building momentum for impact support for the interventions that can be quickly scaled up or linked to nutrition programmes—such as early child development initiatives takes a very diff erent approach to implementation than in any previous Lancet Series.