HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stunting can occur throughout childhood, but is largely determined by a child’s “first 1, 000 days”. This stretches from the period just before conception (meaning the nutritional status of mothers is very important) through to the child’s second birthday.

Detailed explanation-3: -But short stature is just one symptom of a larger syndrome of malnutrition. Other consequences of stunting include a weakened immune system, impaired cognitive ability, and increased risk of obesity and elevated blood pressure. Studies also have found that stunted children have lower-than-average life expectancies.