Malnutrition during childhood damages the brain’s development and the body’s ability to fight illness and digest food. For those in Gaza, the effects will be felt for generations.
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Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University
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Assistant Professor of Global Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Senior Lecturer in International Nutrition, UCL
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