Acute Malnutrition in Children Living in Low-Middle Income Countries and Marginized Populations

Dear Colleagues,

Child malnutrition is still a public health priority and a worldwide major concern. Children affected by acute malnutrition are most exposed to a vicious cycle of infectious diseases and growth faltering. The prevalence of acute malnutrition is very worrying in low–middle-income countries, but it is also emerging in developed countries among unserved populations, with deep consequences for social development. In recent years, the number of children affected by acute malnutrition has been rising, due to the many risk factors associated with its development, from food insecurity to unbalanced eating behaviors. National health services and community-based programs taking care of these unserved populations already exist in the field and have proved their effectiveness. Networking with different stakeholders at all levels, including academia, is essential to achieve the target of zero hunger included in the Sustainable Agenda 2030.

The goal of this Special Issue is to focus on the global burden of acute malnutrition in low–middle-income countries, but also in unserved populations living in developed countries. We would like to focus on the multi-factors at the root level for child malnutrition, from food insecurity to eating habits, and from access to dietary diversity to health services.

Specifically, the aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the nutrition epidemiology of malnutrition in different areas of the world, identifying its risk factors and investigating national health services and community programs already implemented in the field to fight this public health concern. This information will provide more evidence-based results for improving the health and nutrition care of children, accelerating the process to hit the target of zero hunger, leaving no one behind.

Prof. Dr. Leonardo Palombi
Guest Editor

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