Although researchers would like to see more longitudinal studies, increasing evidence supports the finding of the negative effects of malnutrition on physical growth and mental development, particularly at the critical prenatal and postnatal growth stages. Nutrition is affected by a broad spectrum of influencing factors—social, cultural and economic. Their cumulative ill effects have to be considered when seeking solutions for the betterment of the quality of human life.
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