Study links toilet usage, height

26 October 2016
The Phnom Penh Post
Rural sanitation / Water and sanitation
Economics and Human Biology / Ministry of Rural Development / Plan International / Unsanitary Toilet

A new study has found that open defecation, which is still commonly practised in Cambodia, has direct links to reduced heights in children, with a decrease in the practice over five years leading to increases in height. …

 Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/study-links-toilet-usage-height

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