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Is is true that poor nutrition during your infancy causes you to have shorter arms and legs?

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May: Different type of nutritional deficiencies may produce different growth disorders. Vitamin d defieicncy and resultant rickets may cause arms and legs to be shorter than normal.

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Answered 3/24/2014

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