KATHMANDU (Xinhua) -- Nearly half of children below five in Nepal have been victims of dwarf, said Nepal Demographic and Health Survey.

According to Sunday's the National News Agency RSS, doctors said lack of breast feeding during the birth period of babies, lack of nutritious food and balanced diet cause dwarf to the children.
Dwarf problem is seen more in girls. Some 44.4 percent girls and 41.3 percent of boys have such problem, the survey reported. Along with stuntedness, Nepalis children have suffered from thinness as well.
Central Bureau of Statistics said 11.5 percent of boys and 11.9 percent of girls have thinness problem in Nepal. But, the problem of dwarf has decreased comparing to the past year. In 2001, some 57 percent of Nepalis children had dwarf problem.