Researchers reverse stunting in children, challenging WHO recommendations (WHO wants malnourished short kids)

Medical Xpress / University of Copenhagen ^ | June 20, 2023 | Benedikte Grenov et al

[ConservativeMind]

At present the WHO does not recommend nutrient supplements for children with stunted growth—a health problem that affects more than one in five children under the age of 5 globally. The rationale is that supplements do not benefit growth, but instead put children at risk of becoming overweight. However, this is wrong according to a study: supplements can reverse stunting.

"The body is already deficient, meaning that their bones and muscles are not getting the nutrients, especially minerals and proteins, required for optimal growth," explains Benedikte Grenov.

A longstanding consensus has been that nutrient supplements are unable to stimulate growth after the age of two. As a result, initiatives aiming to use supplements for prevention of stunting at present are focused on providing small amounts to vulnerable children under two years of age, and even these projects are few and far between.

"In fact, our research demonstrates that if children with stunted growth are not treated, things go wrong. But if they are, impaired development can be reversed, even in children older than two.

"The good news is that all of the children, including those with severe stunting, were able to reverse the negative trend and begin growing fat-free mass—which means muscles and organs—when provided with the supplement. These children have delayed development and typically also lower IQs in the long run" says Grenov.

"One way to go, could be, to look at whether regular family diets could be improved with an advanced multi-micronutrient 'vitamin'-pill and easier access to high-quality protein. Indeed, it is this mixture that is so critical for optimal child growth."

The nutrient supplement used in the study was a lipid-based mixture of blended peanuts with added milk or soy protein, a vitamin and mineral mix and carbohydrate used as a sweetener.

[ConservativeMind]

It is not new to find out malnutrition can be corrected and help kids undo at least some issues, so why does the WHO say to never try to help?

It’s institutionalized child abuse, but one expects that from UN organizations and soldiers.

[ConservativeMind]

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[Jonty30]

How are we going to share food, amidst a permanent famine, without having stunting growth?

Don’t you care about feeding everybody?

[Rusty0604]

Thank you for this post.

[AlaskaErik]

Not too long ago there was an article on here about some crazy woman who thought people needed to be much shorter.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Even adults who have been cronically malnurished need to be fed a nutrient suplimented diet. That can reverse some not all but some of the damage.

We do it all the time with seniors.

[BipolarBob]

What famine? We draw straws and eat the losers.

/sarc