Childhood growth is a key indicator of child health and nutritional status. According to recent estimates from developing countries, stunting and underweight have an overall prevalence of 32% and 20%, respectively. Inadequate growth during childhood can result in reduced adult stature, low educational performance, reduced economic productivity, impaired work capacity and heightened disease risk. Rapid physical growth and development occur in early life when infants are dependent on the primary caregiver for their social and nutritional needs, which makes young children vulnerable to the effects of their caregivers’ mental health problems.