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Stunted growth, also known as stunting or linear growth failure, is defined as impaired growth and development manifested by low height-for-age. [1] It is a manifestation of malnutrition (undernutrition) and can be caused by endogenous factors (such as chronic food insecurity) or exogenous factors (such as parasitic infection ).
Stunted growth not caused by infection may be due to a wide variety of environmental factors. Environmental factors that affect plant growth include light, temperature, water, humidity and nutrition. There may be water imbalance, poor planting practices, poor nutrition, or physical injury to the plant.
Undernutrition is a lack of nutrients, which can result in stunted growth, wasting, and underweight. [15] A surplus of nutrients causes overnutrition, which can result in obesity. In some developing countries, overnutrition in the form of obesity is beginning to appear within the same communities as undernutrition. [16]
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Congenital iodine deficiency syndrome, previously known as cretinism, is a condition associated with iodine deficiency and goiter, commonly characterized by mental deficiency, deafness, squint, disorders of stance and gait and stunted growth due to hypothyroidism.
Defects include malformations, disruptions, deformations, and dysplasia that may cause stunted growth, delayed mental development, or other congenital disorders that lack structural malformations. [2] The related term developmental toxicity includes all manifestations of abnormal development that are caused by environmental insult. [3]
Symptoms include bowed legs, stunted growth, bone pain, large forehead, and trouble sleeping. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Complications may include bone deformities , bone pseudofractures and fractures , muscle spasms , or an abnormally curved spine .
Symptoms include dying growing tips and bushy, stunted growth; extreme cases may prevent fruit set. Crop-specific symptoms include: Apple - interacting with calcium, may display as "water core", internal areas appearing frozen; Beetroot - rough, cankered patches on roots, internal brown rot. Cabbage - distorted leaves, hollow areas in stems.