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Growth is a dynamic process which begins with the conjunction of two sets of genes in the fertilized ovum. The ensuing growth and development on the pathway toward the mature adult is at any stage the result of a number of competing, complementary, and interacting influences. Of these influences no other single environmental factor affects the tempo and patterns of human growth to a greater extent than malnutrition. This is hardly unexpected. Growth is manifestly dependent upon the supply of sufficient nutrients of adequate quantity and quality, and the failure of such supply imposes stresses upon the growing child which may compel a major adaptation of the genetically programmed sequence of events and pathways laid down at conception.
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Malcolm, L. (1979). Protein-Energy Malnutrition and Growth. In: Falkner, F., Tanner, J.M. (eds) Human Growth. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0817-1_11
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