Identify an effect of malnutrition

A) It increases the risk of death in underweight children.
B) It does not affect a child's growth and development.
C) It increases a child's height-for-age percentile on a growth reference curve.
D) It decreases a pregnant woman's risk of having a low-birth-weight baby.


A

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