"These parasitic infections cause malnutrition, stunted growth, and stunted mental development, " added Dr Bogoch.
Coeliac disease is often diagnosed in childhood, and can be characterised by a distended stomach and stunted growth.
Yet in a typical African country, one-third of the children under five still have stunted growth due to malnutrition.
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Fungi, soil conditions, stunted growth and other causes have been suggested but none proved.
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This has fuelled corruption, stunted growth and left millions without jobs.
This is helping the media industry in compensating for the stunted growth in the advertising market as well as reducing the revenue fluctuations caused by business cycles.
None of Pakistan's institutions, with the weight of the army's heavy boot on their necks, has ever had a chance to enjoy anything other than stunted growth and development.
Today -- having virtually disappeared from the movies -- the cigarette is a sign of stunted growth, a crutch that Kym, Hathaway's character in "Rachel Getting Married, " can't put aside.
And the other medications for asthma often demanded a more powerful reckoning, cruel side effects like weight gain or stunted growth or humped back that could conceivably one day be visited upon the innocent perfection of her little boy's body.
New economic figures from the U.S. government indicate stunted financial growth, both domestically and internationally.
The rise in tablets has stunted PC growth and spelled trouble for companies like Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Dell. (DELL).
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Whether at 90% of GDP or more, excessive borrowing has often fueled inflation or stunted economic growth (with one major exception).
His lab showed this protein to be the receptor for VEGF, and that blocking the receptor stunted the growth of tumors in lab animals.
While the iPod mini stunted the growth of the flash market in 2004, that market may yet spring back as average flash player capacities increase.
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Luckily, moving to the states stunted my growth only a few inches so now I tower over a mere 60% of my peers like Lurch from The Adam's Family.
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The Congress party, which heads the federal government, is looking to rebuild its reputation after being hit by allegations of corruption, and criticism that its grindingly slow policy mechanism has stunted economic growth.
The Congress party, which heads the ruling coalition at the national level, is looking to rebuild its reputation after struggling in its second term against allegations of corruption, and criticism that its grindingly slow policy mechanism has stunted economic growth.
The government, eager to end a war that has killed 65, 000 people and stunted economic growth, has tried to steer well clear of issues that might inflame Sinhalese nationalists, still unreconciled to making peace with the LTTE, or provoke the Tigers themselves.
But the recovery, critics say, given the depths of the worldwide economic melt-down of 2008, is far too anemic, and job growth too stunted, all because of cumbersome, growth-stifling laws and policies.
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Film footage taken during the trip shows large numbers of clearly malnourished children, their growth stunted by lack of food.
W. Marriott, Jr. said the move was a bold one to move out of the growth-stunted years that the hotel industry has sustained.
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If left to proceed unchecked, it could mean that growth is stunted as the body receives chemical signals telling it to switch off further height gain.
The economy will almost certainly fall back into recession, long term growth will be stunted, and confidence will be shattered.
The legacy of high government debt is yet another reason why the current crisis could mean stunted U.S. growth for at least five to seven more years.
Its growth had been stunted because the country's banks insisted on making barely profitable loans to big firms that ought to have been tapping the bond markets instead.
Kids age 6 and younger who play the 3-D games may have the growth of their eyes stunted, the company said in a statement on its Japanese website.
Children's growth and development is being permanently stunted.
But economic growth has gone hand in hand with stunted political development.
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Pakistan's economic and social development have also been stunted, as the army has sucked up resources and thwarted growth.
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