The decline of child stunting in 122 countries: a systematic review of child growth studies since the 19th century

Eric B Schneider, Juliana Jaramillo Echeverri, Matthew Purcell, Brian A’Hearn, Vellore Arthi, Matthias Blum, Elizabeth Brainerd, Joseph Capuno, Alexandra Lopez Cermeño, Amílcar Challú, Young-Jun Cho, Tim Cole, Jose Corpuz, Ewout Depauw, Federico Droller, Dieter von Fintel, Joël Floris, Gregori Galofré-Vilà, Bernard Harris, Tim Hatton, Laurent Heyberger, Tuuli Hurme, Kris Inwood, Hanaliis Jaadla, Jan Kok, Michał Kopczynśki, Samuel Lordemus, Brian Marein, Adolfo Meisel-Roca, Stephen Morgan, Stefan Öberg, Kota Ogasawara, José Antonio Ortega, Nuno Palma, Anastasios Papadimitriou, Renato Pistola, Björn Quanjer, Helena Rother, Sakari Saaritsa, Ricardo Salvatore, Kaspar Staub, Pierre van der Eng, Evan Roberts

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018607
Published: 2026-02
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018607,
  title = {The decline of child stunting in 122 countries: a systematic review of child growth studies since the 19th century},
  author = {Eric B Schneider and Juliana Jaramillo Echeverri and Matthew Purcell and Brian A’Hearn and Vellore Arthi and Matthias Blum and Elizabeth Brainerd and Joseph Capuno and Alexandra Lopez Cermeño and Amílcar Challú and Young-Jun Cho and Tim Cole and Jose Corpuz and Ewout Depauw and Federico Droller and Dieter von Fintel and Joël Floris and Gregori Galofré-Vilà and Bernard Harris and Tim Hatton and Laurent Heyberger and Tuuli Hurme and Kris Inwood and Hanaliis Jaadla and Jan Kok and Michał Kopczynśki and Samuel Lordemus and Brian Marein and Adolfo Meisel-Roca and Stephen Morgan and Stefan Öberg and Kota Ogasawara and José Antonio Ortega and Nuno Palma and Anastasios Papadimitriou and Renato Pistola and Björn Quanjer and Helena Rother and Sakari Saaritsa and Ricardo Salvatore and Kaspar Staub and Pierre van der Eng and Evan Roberts},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ Global Health},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018607},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018607}
}

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AU  - Vellore Arthi
AU  - Matthias Blum
AU  - Elizabeth Brainerd
AU  - Joseph Capuno
AU  - Alexandra Lopez Cermeño
AU  - Amílcar Challú
AU  - Young-Jun Cho
AU  - Tim Cole
AU  - Jose Corpuz
AU  - Ewout Depauw
AU  - Federico Droller
AU  - Dieter von Fintel
AU  - Joël Floris
AU  - Gregori Galofré-Vilà
AU  - Bernard Harris
AU  - Tim Hatton
AU  - Laurent Heyberger
AU  - Tuuli Hurme
AU  - Kris Inwood
AU  - Hanaliis Jaadla
AU  - Jan Kok
AU  - Michał Kopczynśki
AU  - Samuel Lordemus
AU  - Brian Marein
AU  - Adolfo Meisel-Roca
AU  - Stephen Morgan
AU  - Stefan Öberg
AU  - Kota Ogasawara
AU  - José Antonio Ortega
AU  - Nuno Palma
AU  - Anastasios Papadimitriou
AU  - Renato Pistola
AU  - Björn Quanjer
AU  - Helena Rother
AU  - Sakari Saaritsa
AU  - Ricardo Salvatore
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AU  - Pierre van der Eng
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Schneider, E. B., Echeverri, J. J., Purcell, M., A’Hearn, B., Arthi, V., Blum, M., Brainerd, E., Capuno, J., Cermeño, A. L., Challú, A., Cho, Y., Cole, T., Corpuz, J., Depauw, E., Droller, F., Fintel, D. V., Floris, J., Galofré-Vilà, G., Harris, B., Hatton, T., Heyberger, L., Hurme, T., Inwood, K., Jaadla, H., Kok, J., Kopczynśki, M., Lordemus, S., Marein, B., Meisel-Roca, A., Morgan, S., Öberg, S., Ogasawara, K., Ortega, J. A., Palma, N., Papadimitriou, A., Pistola, R., Quanjer, B., Rother, H., Saaritsa, S., Salvatore, R., Staub, K., Eng, P. V. D., & Roberts, E. (2026). The decline of child stunting in 122 countries: a systematic review of child growth studies since the 19th century. BMJ Global Health. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018607

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