What Effect Does Prenatal Malnutrition Have on the Developing Child

Multiple Choice

What effect does prenatal malnutrition have on the developing child?

A) only short-term, immediate effects on birth weight
B) no short-term effects, but long-term effects on growth and intelligence
C) short-term effects and long-term effects, the extent depending on adequacy of diet after birth
D) no short-term or long-term effects; infants are protected because they can extract all of the nutrients they need from the mother