What does stunting really mean?

The strong focus on stunting has enabled successful advocacy for nutrition, but with this focus has come confusion and misunderstanding about the meaning of stunting among researchers, donors, and agencies active in nutrition. In this video, Jef Leroy, a senior research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) explains how stunting should be used.

Read more about these findings here: https://doi.org/10.1093/advances/nmy101

Credits: Jamed Falik (Director), Liang Chang (Motion Graphics), Melissa Cooperman (Videography), Tracy Brown (Editor), and Drew Sample (Editor/Outreach)


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