TABLE OF CONTENTS UNITED NATIONS - ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON COORDINATION/SUB-COMMITTEE... Chairman's Forward Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Highlights Chapter 1: Stunting and Young Child Development    Has there been progress in reducing stunting?    Trends in stunting and underweight move in parallel    Concepts and indicators    Consequences of stunting    Born malnourished    The issue of age    Understanding regional differences in stunting    Further considerations    Conclusions    References Chapter 2: Micronutrients    Iodine Deficiency Disorders    Vitamin A Deficiency    Iron Deficiency Anaemia    Folic Acid    Zinc    Calcium: an emerging issue for developing countries?    References Chapter 3: The Nutrition of Refugees and Displaced Populations    Asia    Sub-Saharan Africa    Micronutrient malnutrition    Summary statistics    Conclusions    References Chapter 4: Towards Nutrition Security Policy Implications for the Twenty-First...    Effective policies and programmes    National and household food security    Refugees and displaced people    Nutrition-health links    Adolescents/pre-pregnancy    Policies aimed at improving growth and development of infants    Policies and programmes directed at young children    Micronutrient malnutrition    Summary    References Annexes    Annex 1: Prevalences of stunting    Annex 2: Description of methods used to estimate regional trends and prevalences...    Annex 3: Trends in stunting: is age an issue?    Annex 4: Prevalences of clinical vitamin A deficiency    Annex 5: Method used to estimate prevalence of clinical vitamin A deficiency    Annex 6: Prevalences of sub-clinical vitamin A deficiency    Annex 7: Prevalences of wasting quoted in Chapter 3    Annex 8: Micronutrient malnutrition Back Cover