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Anonymous No.33511450 >>33511480 >>33513977
How can I tell if I was malnourished as a child?
I was always way smaller than the other kids and reached puberty later.
I'm not a complete manlet but I still don't seem as tall as many of my peers here.
Is there a way to know in your adulthood if you were malnourished as a child?
Anonymous No.33511480 >>33511491
>>33511450 (OP)
Why would knowing this help?
Anonymous No.33511491 >>33511510
>>33511480
Giving some closure
Anonymous No.33511510
>>33511491
Overall health and things like bone density could be clues. If you have a poor immune system and are particularly susceptible to illness, if you have weak bones, things like that.
Anonymous No.33513977
>>33511450 (OP)
You'd have scurvy, rickets and a whole bunch of measurable handicaps
Anonymous No.33517986
I was, I would get so tired in school I would pass out. I was way skinnier than others and smaller in general. Had to take food from friends and neighbors and start buying my own food/taking food from work as soon as I could get a job. As soon as I started doing this I hit a mini growth spurt and grew a few inches. Generally if youre smaller and weaker you havent had comparable nutrients or your body doesnt absorb nutrients. Could be a combination of both. Bone structure is a good tell, my jaw was receded for a while until I got enough food.