Greater male vulnerability to stunting? Evaluating sex differences in growth, pathways and biocultural mechanisms

Context Child stunting has increasingly become the focus of large-scale global health efforts with the inclusion of stunting eradication as one of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Child sex has been identified as a biological risk factor for stunting, and sex-specific approac...

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Main Author: Amanda L. Thompson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-08-01
Series:Annals of Human Biology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2021.1998622