New research from The Power of Nutrition and Modern Scientist Global reveals businesses in low and middle-income countries lose more than a quarter of a trillion dollars (up to $264.6 billion) in revenue every year, due to their employees experiencing chronic undernutrition in childhood. The novel study – The Economic Cost of Stunting to Businesses in Low- and Middle-Income Countries – is the first to quantify the cost of childhood stunting to the private sector in emerging economies.
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