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The Story of Ying Yang Bao

31/03/2016

Countering malnutrition among children in the impoverished areas of China means primarily providing sufficient nutrition to infants in the crucial growth period from birth to 24 months of age. Research has already shown that the nutrition status in early childhood will have a lifelong impact on the health and quality of life of the child. Malnutrion in this stage will have irreversible short term and long-term health consequences.

Oct.10, 2015 by Chen Siyi
(original Chinese article published in Outlook Weekly, October issue, 2015)

Countering malnutrition among children in the impoverished areas of China means primarily providing sufficient nutrition to infants in the crucial growth period from birth to 24 months of age. Research has already shown that the nutrition status in early childhood will have a lifelong impact on the health and quality of life of the child. Malnutrion in this stage will have irreversible short term and long-term health consequences.

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