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Week 1: The growth and physical development of young children

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Factors that can compromise children’s growth:

  • exposure to stress etc. in utero
  • inadequate maternal bonding
  • mother’s postnatal depression
  • inadequate housing
  • poor sleep
  • physical inactivity
  • illness
  • medication
  • poverty
  • inadequate care
  • lack of stimulation
  • hygiene