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| The biological prtection of the brain when malnutrition affects the body growth. The brain is the last part of the body to be damaged by malnutrition |
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| An average or standard measurement, calculated from the measurements of many individuals within a specific group or population |
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| A point on a ranking scale of 1 to 99. The 50th percentile is the midpoint; half the people rand higher and half lower |
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| A situation in which a child stops growing or even loses weight, despite apparently normal health |
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| Rapid Eye Movement sleep. A stage of sleep characterized by flickering eyes behind closed lids, dreaming, and rapid brain waves. |
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