Six Strategies for Optimizing Linear Growth through Improving Awareness of Breastfeeding, Dietary Diversity in Complementary Feeding, and Growth Monitoring during Early Life

• Main Authors: Muhammad Yazid, Jalaludin, Poh, Bee Koon, John, Collins, Suryawan, Ahmad, Zalilah, Mohd Shariff, Cheang, Hon Kit, Ng, Alvin Lai Oon *, Sri Wahyu, Taher, Lee, Shoo Thien, Adedeji, Idris Abiodun, Eberechi, Oyenusi Elizabeth, Michael, Godpower Chinedu, Akor, Blessing Oganya, Nkwoala, Charles Chiaka, Nofi, Lora Sri, Geurts, Jan MW, Kudla, Urszula, Muhardi, Leilani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: JournalGURUS 2023
• Subjects: RJ Pediatrics
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2464/1/Alvin%20Ng_Six%20strategies%20for%20optimizing%20linear%20growth.pdf; http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/2464/; https://www.jhspract.com/index.php/jhsp

Only one-fourth of the countries under the Sustainable Development Goal are ‘on track’ to reduce the burden of malnutrition as of 2020. A deficit in linear growth during the first 5 years of life is mainly due to growth faltering in the first 1000 days. This deficit has been consistently reported to...