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Scaling up nutrition : what will it cost? (English)

Undernutrition imposes a staggering cost worldwide, both in human and economic terms. It is responsible for the deaths of more than 3.5 million children each year (more than one-third of all deaths among children under five) and the loss of billions of dollars in forgone productivity and avoidable health care spending. Individuals lose more than 10 percent of lifetime earnings, and many countries lose at least 2-3 percent of their gross domestic product...
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Horton,Susan E.; Brooks,Jana Krystene; Mahal,Ajay S.; Mcdonald,Christine; Shekar,Meera.

Scaling up nutrition : what will it cost? (English). Directions in development ; human development Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/655431468163481083

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