Topic

Child malnutrition

Undernutrition in children, including wasting and its severe form, which raises the risk of death from common illness and is treated through therapeutic feeding and clinical care.

Current clusters

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University of Sao Paulo dashboard maps child stunting and overweight against municipal emissions in Brazil

Sustentarea at the University of Sao Paulo mapped under-5 stunting and overweight against per capita emissions for Brazilian municipalities from 2008 to 2019. It shows where the problems overlap, though local emissions cannot test the climate-to-diet chain said to link them.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+15
Incentives: Insufficient
Confidence50

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Six-country IPC projections put 16.4 million people in crisis hunger by March 2027

Save the Children compiled the projections from recent IPC reports for six countries where one of the strongest El Nino events in recent years is forecast to bring drought to parts of Southern Africa and floods to parts of East Africa.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+18
Incentives80
Confidence58