Infection‐induced inflammation and reduction in plasma or tissue IGF‐1 concentration could thus be an important mechanism leading to growth faltering in low‐income settings, especially between 6 and 24 months of age, when both symptomatic and asymptomatic infections are common (Espo et al., 2002; Maleta et al., 2020; Platts‐Mills et al., 2015; Rogawski et al., 2018). Here, IGF1 is linked to infection.