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When the brain is starved of proteins and other building blocks, brain development is going to be impacted, Dr. Richard Pan, a pediatrician who is a Democratic state senator from the Sacramento area, said.
The brain can be smaller than normal, and if typical developmental milestones are missed due to starvation, they cannot readily be made up later, he said.
As the body struggles to protect the heart and brain, it essentially consumes other organs and even bones, said Dr. Dean Blumberg, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of California, Davis Childrens Hospital in Sacramento.
Growth is stunted and long-term anemia and other nutritional deficiencies can lead to a drop in IQ as well, he said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...od-to-control-starving-children-idUSKBN1F8290
When the brain is starved of proteins and other building blocks, brain development is going to be impacted, Dr. Richard Pan, a pediatrician who is a Democratic state senator from the Sacramento area, said.
The brain can be smaller than normal, and if typical developmental milestones are missed due to starvation, they cannot readily be made up later, he said.
As the body struggles to protect the heart and brain, it essentially consumes other organs and even bones, said Dr. Dean Blumberg, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of California, Davis Childrens Hospital in Sacramento.
Growth is stunted and long-term anemia and other nutritional deficiencies can lead to a drop in IQ as well, he said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...od-to-control-starving-children-idUSKBN1F8290