This snapshot provides a summary of the themes and messages emerging in the forthcoming (July 2018) Young Lives adolescence and gender summative report. It has been developed by Kath Fordfor the purposes of the Young Lives conference titled ‘Young Lives, child poverty and lessons for the SDGs’ held on 27th June 2018.

Despite impressive advances in human survival and development, child malnutrition remains a grave problem - with high prevalence of underweight and rising levels of overweight and obesity. Young Lives evidence has demonstrated how better nutrition, better services and greater support to vulnerable households can not only protect the youngest children, but may also achieve growth recovery and wider developmental benefits even into early adolescence.

This summary is based on the Young Lives Early is best but it's not always too late: Young Lives evidence on nutrition and growth in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam report, highlighting the context in which this research was conducted, cross-country findings, and key implications for policy and practice. The full report detailing acknowledgements, photo credits and references is available here.

This Young Lives impact case study details Young Lives' unique findings on nutrition, growth and the potential for recovery. For related impact stories, please follow us on Twitter @yloxford.

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This Young Lives impact case study details the influence of Young Lives on the design and methodology of other studies. For related impact stories, please follow us on Twitter @yloxford.

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Young Lives’ robust and innovative methodology has informed the design of a significant number of important studies worldwide.

This Young Lives impact case study details the role of early child development (ECD) in informing policy and making it a priority. For related impact stories, please follow us on Twitter @yloxford.

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This technical note outlines the procedures used to develop a digital module, administered to both Young Lives cohorts in the four study countries during the Round 5 household survey in 2016. The modules were based on existing scales in this field. We carried out pilot tests of instruments and performed psychometric analysis to present evidence of the reliability and validity of the instruments. The items measure access, digital skills and use of digital devices, including computers, tablets, the internet and mobile phones.

This Young Lives impact case study describes how, as it was set up in conjunction with the new Millennium, Young Lives is uniquely positioned to comment on how best to serve children growing up in poverty in LMICs, and how to realise the goals of the sustainable development agenda. For related impact stories, follow us on Twitter @yloxford.

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