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SUMMARY
Childhood stunting is a major public health issue leading to lifelong adverse health, education and economic outcomes. This too might help explain why one systematic review found an association between helminth infection and stunting, since it only included studies in high-prevalence settings. Some studies included in the review suggested a possible association of helminthiasis with wasting rather than stunting in children; however, this too needs further exploration since wasting was not the focus of the present study. This made evaluating a potential association between helminth infections in children and physical stunting quite challenging . . .
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