Intergenerational cycle of malnutrition
Malnutrition has an intergenerational cycle.
A malnourished mother will give birth to a low birth weight baby; the low birth weight baby will grow as a malnourished child, then to a malnourished teenager, then to a malnourished pregnant woman, and so the cycle continues. This is illustrated in the Figure below.
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