Question

1.       UNDERNUTRITION: “Childhood undernutrition is a devastating global health problem whose long-term sequelae, including stunting, neurodevelopmental abnormalities, and immune dysfunction, remain largely refractory to current therapeutic interventions”.   Explain how gut microbiota immaturity in children is “not only associated with undernutrition but causally related to it.” Pennisi E. The right gut microbes help infants grow. Science. 2016 Feb 19;351(6275):802-3.

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