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. 2022 Sep 19;15(1):133–149. doi: 10.1007/s12571-022-01314-8

Table 1.

Outcomes and time periods studied

Stories of Change Study Study Period
 < 2000 2000–2004 2005–2009 2010–2014 2015–2019
Chhattisgarh (India) 2006 2016
Stunting (%) (< 5 years) 53 38
Gujarat (India)
Stunting (%) (< 5 years) 51 38
Odisha (India)
Stunting (%) (< 5 years) 45 34
Tamil Nadu (India)
Stunting (%) (< 5 years) 32 27
South Africa 1999 2003 2005 2012 2016
Stunting (%) (1–3 years: 1999, 2005, 2012; < 5 years, other years) 25.5 27.4 23.4 26.5 27
Wasting (%) (1–9 years: 1999, 2005; < 5 years, other)) 3.7 5.2 4.5 2.9 2.5
Adult Overweight (%) 12.4 10.6 13.3
Adult Obesity (%) 6.6 4.8 not reported
Girls Overweight (%) 16.5
Girls Obesity (%) 7.1
Ghana 2003 2008 2014 2017/2018
Stunting (%) (< 5 years) 29.9 28 18.8 18
Wasting (%) (< 5 years) 7.1 8.5 4.7 7
Anaemia, women (15–49 years) 44.7 58.7 42
Female (15–49 yr) Overweight (%) 17.2 20.7 24.8
Female (15-49 yr) Obesity (%) 8.1 9.3 15.3
Anaemia, Children (< 5 years) (%) 76.1 77.9 65.7
Burkina Faso 1999 2003 2010
Stunting (%) (< 5 years) 38.6 38.7 35
Wasting (%) (< 5 years) 13.2 18.6 15.5
Anaemia, women (15–49 years) 53.7 48.8
Adult Overweight (%) 5.7 9.3 11.2
Adult Obesity (%) 0.9 2.4 3.1
Anaemia, Children (< 5 years) (%) 91.5 87.8
Nigeria 2003 2008 2013 2018
Stunting (%) (< 5 years) 42.6 40.6 36.8 36.5
Wasting (%) (< 5 years) 11.3 13.9 18.4 6.9
Anaemia, women (15–49 years) 57.8
Child Overweight (< 5 years) (%) 5.7 8.7 3.9 2.3
Female (15–49 yr) Overweight (%) 14.8 16.1 17.2 18.2
Female (15-49 yr) Obesity (%) 5.8 6 7.5 9.9
Anaemia, Children 67.9
Rwanda 2005 2010 2015
Stunting (%) (< 5 years) 51 44 38
Wasting (%) (< 5 years) 5 3 2
Anaemia, women (15–49 years) 26 17 19
Adult Overweight (%)
Female (15–49 yr) Overweight or Obesity(%) 12 14.1 17
Female (15-49 yr) Obesity (%) 2.2 4
Child overweight or obesity (%) 7 8
Anaemia, Children (%) 52 38 37
City of Brighton & Hove, UK 2008–2009 2018–2019
Child Overweight and obesity (at 4–5 years) (%) 22.8 20
Child Overweight and obesity (at 10–11 years) (%) 31.5 25.6
Vietnam 2000 2010
Stunting (%) (< 5 years) 36.6 18
Wasting (%) (< 5 years) 5.7 3.7
Underweight (%) (< 5 years) 33 15.4
Note on Sources:

India NFHS 2006, NFHS 2016, South Africa NFCS 1999, SADHS 2003, FNCS-FB 2005, SANHANES 2012, SADHS 2016, Ghana DHS 2003, DHS 2008, DHS 2014, MICS 2017/2018, Burkina Faso DHS 1999, DHS 2003, DHS 2010, Nigeria DHS 2003, DHS 2008, DHS 2013, DHS 2018, Rwanda DHS 2005, DHS 2010, DHS 2015, City of Brighton and Hove, UK NCMP, Vietnam MICS 2000, 2010