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Early Childhood Stunting Is Associated with Lower Developmental Levels in the Subsequent Generation of Children ,

Author(s) -

Susan Walker,

Susan M. Chang,

Amika S. Wright,

Clive Osmond,

Sally GranthamMcGregor

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.463

H-Index - 265

eISSN - 1541-6100

pISSN - 0022-3166

DOI - 10.3945/jn.114.200261

Subject(s) - offspring , pediatrics , early childhood , intelligence quotient , medicine , demography , stunted growth , child development , cognitive development , cohort , psychology , developmental psychology , cognition , pregnancy , malnutrition , biology , psychiatry , genetics , sociology

Linear growth retardation (stunting) is associated with lower adult cognition, educational attainment, and income. These effects, together with possible effects of stunting on birth weight and subsequent growth of offspring, suggest that stunting could be associated with poor development in the next generation of children.

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