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

This conclusion remains significant even after accounting for factors like birth order, sanitation practices, maternal height, sibling count, education, anaemia and household socio-economic status.

Others believe that improved nutrition over generations has historically closed height gaps thought to be genetic.

“The debate on the height gap between Indian and Sub-Saharan African children has resulted in overlooking the role of social identity, especially caste status,” the authors say.

The last queen of France was guillotined in 1793 at the age of 37, along with her husband at the height of the French Revolution.