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The impoverished gut—a triple burden of diarrhoea, stunting and chronic disease

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Guerrant RL, DeBoer MD, Moore SL, et al.

Full Citation:

Guerrant RL, DeBoer MD, Moore SL, et al. 2014. The impoverished gut—a triple burden of diarrhoea, stunting and chronic disease. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 10(4).

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Additional key concepts from this publication:

Repeated episodes of diarrhea during infancy and early childhood increases the risk of altered long-term growth and development.

Key Evidence: A review of gut infections and effects on physical growth and development found that for children living in impoverished areas of the world, episodes of diarrhea during the first two years of life not only negatively affected their physical growth, but could result in a 10 points lower IQ than average by age 7.