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The
study involved analysing
from 65 million children
five to 19 years old in 193 countries. The children's height and weight varied
. The team warned that a lack of
food and nutrition was a major factor behind stunted
and childhood obesity. It said improved diets increased the
of children in China. Nineteen-year-old boys there were 8cm
in 2019 than in 1985. The lead author of the report suggested countries adopt
that encouraged healthier eating, but to be
of the dangers of excessive weight gain.
