6.6.5  Intergenerational cycle of malnutrition

As you read earlier, 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 Figure 6.7.

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Figure 6.7  Intergenerational cycle of malnutrition.