The Growth-Stunting Effects of Childhood Illnesses

question 21

Multiple Choice

The growth-stunting effects of childhood illnesses

• A)are illusory; they are falsely cited by small adults.
• B)have similar effects regardless of the child's nutritional health.
• C)are worse when the child has been undernourished.
• D)are reversed when the child displays a "will to grow."

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