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void:inDataset: http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/void.ttl#Agrovoc

Created: 2021-10-19T10:41:04

skos:notation: 98822596

child stunting  

DEFINITION

  • Stunting is the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. Children are defined as stunted if their height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO Child Growth Standards median. (en)

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http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_98822596

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