Increasing heat can boost malnutrition among children

A study in Brazil links higher temperatures to worse nutrition measures in vulnerable children

A young child holds food to their mouth outdoors.

As temperatures rise in Brazil, so do the chances of malnutrition in young children, a study reports. The impacts fall the hardest on children of Indigenous families, the researchers find.

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Climate change may be worsening nutritional problems for already vulnerable children.

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