stunted

A child is considered stunted when they fall short of the expected height for their age - a clear sign of critical nutritional gaps.

The prosecution claims he was found to have been "severely malnourished", with broken bones, rickets, anaemia, dental disease and stunted growth.

When he was exhumed, he was found to have been "severely malnourished", with broken bones, rickets, anaemia, dental disease, and stunted growth.

In some ways I had stunted my own development in order to make my marriage succeed.

In lane after lane of Sheikh Misri we meet families with malnourished or stunted children.