Abstract
Many people view Tibet as an exotic region where people live in rugged circumstances yet perpetuate values that are noble and mysterious. The study reported by Harris et al. in this issue of the Journal 1 reveals a harsher reality. In this study, the overall prevalence of moderate or severe stunting of growth in Tibetan children who were 84 months of age or younger was 51 percent. Compared with the prevalence of stunting in other populations, this prevalence would be classified as very high,2 and it is well above that for China as a whole (17 percent).3 It is interesting to . . .
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