Nutrition-related non-communicable disease

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Activities

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A multi-sectoral approach is often thought to be the most effective way to address undernutrition. However, questions remain about the best ways to move from good nutrition policy to...

Briefs

Linking Birth Outcomes to Diabetes Mellitus An Exploratory Review

This review describes the evidence linking birth outcomes to risk of developing diabetes mellitus (DM). DM prevalence is increasing unacceptably, especially in low- and middle-income...

South and Southeast Asia

This SPRING regional profile provides an overview of early life nutrition status and later life nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases (N-RNCDs) in South and Southeast (SSE) Asia. The...

Location: Asia
Africa

This SPRING regional profile provides an overview of early life nutrition status and later life nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases (N-RNCDs) in Africa. The profile also provides...

Location: Africa
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Evidence increasingly supports the hypothesis that maternal undernutrition, as well as in-utero and infant and young child undernutrition, increase the risk of developing nutrition-related...

Series

early life nutrition model

SPRING has developed a simulation model that aims to produce a more inclusive understanding of the relative value of nutrition interventions by extending the time frame for estimating...

Reports

ELN-NCD Report

This Phase I report describes a simulation model for early-life nutrition linkages to noncommunicable disease (ELN-NCD) that SPRING developed to yield a more complete understanding of the...

Posters

National and Sub-National Estimates of Child and Adult Nutritional Status Related to Later Life Nutrition-Related Non-Communicable Disease

Country and regional profiles have been established to provide an overview of the relationship between early life nutrition status and later life nutrition-related non-communicable diseases...

Resource Review Summaries

Because the obesity epidemic is the result of a complex system of factors, addressing it requires a systems approach. Factors within the realms of behavior, environment, policy, economics,...