Stunted growth is an impaired growth and development caused by poor nutrition in early life.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Children are defined as stunted if their height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO Child Growth Standards median.
Stunted growth prevalence reduced by 47 percent with daily egg intake
The study was a randomized, controlled trial that involved children aged 6 to 9 months from Equador, South America, where around 23 percent of children under the age of 5 years have stunted growth.
The children were randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group was fed one egg every day for 6 months, while the other group was not fed eggs.
The researchers found that the children who were fed eggs had significantly higher length-for-age and weight-for-age scores than the other group. A few
A model of the egg intervention revealed that it reduced the prevalence of stunted growth by 47 percent.
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