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stunting: a standalone construct

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Global health

low height for age in children, reflecting chronic undernutrition and repeated infection.

In global health, stunting refers to low height for age in children, reflecting chronic undernutrition and repeated infection. This meaning comes from de Onis (2016) in Maternal & Child Nutrition.[1]

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References

de Onis, M., & Branca, F. (2016). Childhood stunting: a global perspective. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 12(S1), 12-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12231

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