- Stunting in a nutshell - World Health Organization (WHO)
Stunting is the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation
- Stunted growth - Wikipedia
Stunted growth is associated with poverty, maternal undernutrition, poor health, frequent illness, or inappropriate feeding practices and care during the early years of life [1] Among children under five years of age, the global stunting prevalence declined from 26 3% in 2012 to 22 3% in 2022
- Understanding Stunting: Impact, Causes, and Strategy to . . .
Stunting is a condition where a child’s height-to-age ratio is less than two standard deviations (SDs) below the median value for their age, indicating potential limitations in the child’s ongoing development
- What is childhood stunting? - Our World in Data
This is when a child experiences its most rapid phase of growth and development Stunting occurs when a child does not have sufficient nutrition to grow and develop This can be caused by a poor diet alone, but is often exacerbated by disease and poor health
- What is stunting? - Concern Worldwide
Stunting is when a child has a low height for their age This is usually due to malnutrition, repeated infections, and or poor social stimulation
- What is childhood stunting? | Exemplars in Global Health
Child stunting is the failure of children to reach their full growth potential as a result of long-term poor diet, health, and or care, including emotional support
- Stunting: concept, causes, consequences, and cure: PLOS . . .
WHO defines stunting as the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation
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