[ Nutritionally induced mutants? WTH did you get THAT from.
These kids are not sickly and shorter and less intelligent because they are mutants, they are all that because they are not getting enough NUTRITION!
No mutation involved. ]
They are mutated physically because they have Nutritional Defincies, much like how having rickets (vitamin D) deficiencies can cause a persons bones to grow all wonky. I should have said “Mutant Looking” as their DNA doesn’t actually change, it just doesn’t get expressed fully due to missing vital building blocks. Since the DNA doesn’t get a chance to express itself due to these deficencies it is almost as bad of an effect on health had they had an actually issue with their DNA. I should have been more clear.
Their DNA is expressing itself just fine in making the ‘assembly line’ of molecular machines that would make a fattened up healthy happy and intelligent child - if that ‘assembly line’ were provided with enough of the correct RAW MATERIALS.
Nothing wrong with their DNA. Their DNA is being fully expressed. They are not getting enough raw materials for their DNA and associated molecular machines to build the healthy tall and intelligent child that would otherwise result.