Moreover, there is ample medical evidence that malnutrition in this “window of nutrition” is linked to increases in hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and even obesity, resulting in higher health-care costs later in life. But in India, a 2011 study of 112 rural districts across the country found that “less than 20% of mothers had heard the word for malnutrition in their local language.”
此外，充分的医学证据表明，这一“营养窗口期”的营养不良与高血压、心血管疾病、糖尿病甚至肥胖的增加有关，造成晚年医疗支出增加。但是，在印度，一份2011年关于全国112个农村区域的研究发现“不到20%的母亲知道她们的方言中还有营养不良一说。”