Study shows links between poverty, children's height
Times Colonist (Victoria)
January 20, 2009

By the time they reach kindergarten, children from chronically poor families can show signs of stunted height -- and that's in industrialized countries, according to results of a study from the Université de Montréal.

About 20.4 per cent of children whose mothers lacked money to pay for basic needs such as rent, electricity, heating, food, clothing, medication and transportation, faced growth delays, public health professor and lead researcher Louise Séguin said yesterday.

And contrary to the findings of previous studies, children's curbed height was independent of their mothers' level of education, Séguin said.

…."we looked at Quebec. Although Canada is an industrialized country featuring a universal health-care system and accessible daycare, the country still features health inequalities directly related to poverty."…