Question

how is chronic malnutrition best described?
a. affecting 5 percent to 15 percent of the worlds children five years of age or younger
b. being associated with rapid weight loss
c. being associated with wasting
d. being associated with stunting

Explanation:

Chronic malnutrition is often associated with stunting, which is the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation. Wasting is more related to acute malnutrition (rapid weight loss). The percentage in option a is not a defining characteristic of chronic malnutrition's description.

Answer:

d. Being associated with stunting