“…In this issue, the 10 papers cover a wide range of subjects including growth and the effect of body composition in Sri Lankan children (Wickramasinghe 2022); and the determinants of the resting metabolic rate in Indian children (Areekal et al 2022). It is discussed what stunting tells us (Scheffler and Hermanussen 2022), followed by considerations upon nutrition, size, and tempo (Hermanussen and Scheffler 2022); and the association patterns between childhood obesity and body height during adolescence (Kirchengast and Hagmann 2022). It also addresses diverse topics like the toxic effect of lead on human health (Mandal et al 2022); the assessment of thinness based on BMI and MUAC among the adult Jaunsari (Mukherjee et al 2022); and the impact of television viewing and body fat distribution among the Bengali school children of Kolkata (Sarkar 2022).…”