Every week,the  U-COUNT team  will publish its picks of the week of recommended literature on global health and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa.

Turi KN, Christoph MJ, Grigsby-Toussaint DS. (2013). Spatial Distribution of Underweight, Overweight and Obesity among Women and Children: Results from the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 10(10): 4967–4981. doi: 10.3390/ijerph10104967 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823343/

Holdsworth M, Kruger A, Nago E, Lachat C, Mamiro P, Smit K, Garimoi-Orach C, Kameli Y, Roberfroid D, Kolsteren P.  (2014). African stakeholders’ views of research options to improve nutritional status in sub-Saharan Africa. Health Policy Planning. (epub ahead of print) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25124084

Akugizibwe R, Kasolo J, Makubuya DB, Damani AM. (2013). Missed opportunities in the diagnosis and management of protein energy malnutrition among children under 5 years in Wakiso district, Uganda. J Public Health Epidemiol.5(11):463-470. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4096943/

Odongkara Mpora B, Piloya T, Awor S, Ngwiri T, Laigong P, Mworozi EA, Hochberg Z. (2014). Age at menarche in relation to nutritional status and critical life events among rural and urban secondary school girls in post-conflict northern Uganda. BMC Womens Health14:66. doi: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-66.