Children who need help most tend to experience adversity throughout childhood. That continuing adversity muffles the benefit of improved early nutrition.
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Problems caused by malnutrition - such as obesity - are on the rise in South Africa, with serious health consequences.
People living in rural parts of South Africa lack diversity in their eating because a starch based diet is perceived as cheaper and is very common.
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Professor in Food Security; Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development, University of Pretoria
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Post-doctoral fellow, University of British Columbia
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Professor, Derek Schrier and the Cecily Cameron Chair in Development Economics, SEF, University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher, SAMRC/Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science- PRICELESS SA, University of the Witwatersrand
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Principle dietitian at the Nutrition Information Centre, Stellenbosch University