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Among 93,406 children in Japan's national birth cohort, preterm birth was linked to higher odds of thinness at ages 4 to 6 and persistently lower BMI from 3 to 6, with no sign of catch-up.
Milk is a useful source of calcium, protein and vitamin D for young children, but too much crowds out iron-rich food and can cause deficiency. Around two cups a day suits most toddlers.
A multivitamin is not the fix for fussy eating, and picky eating rarely dents growth. But UK guidance recommends a specific supplement for nearly all under-fives — and iron and zinc are the nutrients that matter.
A frontier analysis of two decades attributes 97.6% of nutritional disparities between countries to inefficiency rather than to resources. The policy reading is contestable; the decoupling is not.
In 2,414 children, the MODAM-MAM trial found one daily sachet of therapeutic food non-inferior to standard supplementary food; two sachets did marginally better but used far more product.