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  The value of maternal height as a risk factor of dystocia: a meta-analysis

  Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2009

  This study analyses ten publications and studies on the relation between maternal height and the risk of dystocia due to cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD). The rate of Caesarean sections was chosen as the CPD indicator. When maternal height is presented in percentiles, curves can be superimposed, and sensitivities and specificities of the various studies may be analysed together. 
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  National, regional, and global trends in adult overweight and obesity prevalences

  Population Health Metrics, 2012

  Overweight and obesity prevalence are commonly used for public and policy communication of the extent of the obesity epidemic, yet comparable estimates of trends in overweight and obesity prevalence by country are not available.
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  The impact of early age at first childbirth on maternal and infant health

  Wiley Online Library, 2012

  This review aims to assess whether early age at first childbirth is associated with increased risk of poor pregnancy outcomes. Early age at childbirth is variously defined in studies of its effect on maternal and infant health.
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  Effective international action against undernutrition: why has it proven so difficult and what can be done to accelerate progress?

  The Lancet, 2013

  Many transnational organisations work to support efforts to eliminate maternal and child undernutrition in high-burden countries. Financial, intellectual, and personal linkages bind these organisations loosely together as components of an international nutrition system. In this paper, the authors argue that such a system should deliver in four functional areas:
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  The consequences of early childhood growth failure over the life course

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011

  This paper examines the impact over the life course of early childhood growth failure as measured by achieved height at 36 months. It uses data collected on individuals who participated in a nutritional supplementation trial between 1969 and 1977 in rural Guatemala and who were subsequently reinterviewed between 2002 and 2004.
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  Progress for children: a report card on maternal mortality

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2008

  This report outlines the current global situation related to maternal health, highlighting that more than half a million women die each year from pregnancy-related causes while an estimated 10 million experience injuries, infections and disabilities, which can cause lifelong suffering. The majority of these deaths and disabilities, however, are avoidable and occur in the developing world.
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  Maternal and child undernutrition: global and regional exposures and health consequences

  The Lancet, 2008

  Maternal and child undernutrition is highly prevalent in low-income and middle-income countries, resulting in substantial increases in mortality and overall disease burden.
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  Increasing cocoa productivity through improved nutrition

  Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, 2012

  Cocoa is cultivated in more than 40 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Over 90% of global cocoa production is cultivated by an estimated 5.5 million smallholders and most live below the poverty line and lack access to nutritious food.
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  Childhood obesity in developing countries: epidemiology, determinants, and prevention

  2012

  Rapidly changing dietary practices and a sedentary lifestyle have led recently to increasing prevalence of childhood obesity (5–19 yrs) in developing countries.
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  Statistical Yearbook of the Food And Agricultural Organization for the United Nations - FAO_2013_stats_yrbook.pdf

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013

  The 2013 edition of FAO's Statistical Yearbook sheds new light on agriculture's contribution to global warming, trends in hunger and malnutrition and the state of the natural resource base upon which world food production depends.

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