Nutritional deficits and behavioural development

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 435-441

  Wachs, Theodore D ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012839502     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016502500750037982     Document Type: Article

References (80)

1. Alpert, J., & Fava, M. (1997). Nutrition and depression: The role of folate. Nutrition Reviews, 55, 145-149.
2. Barker, D., Gluckman, P., Godfrey, K., Harding, J., Owens, J., & Robinson, J. (1993). Fetal nutrition and cardiovascular disease in adult life. Lancet, 341, 938-941.
3. Barrett, D., Radke-Yarrow, M., & Klein, R. (1982). Chronic malnutrition and child behavior. Developmental Psychology, 18, 541-556.
4. Bedi, K. (1987). Lasting anatomical changes following undernutrition during early life. In J. Dobbing (Ed.), Early nutrition and later achievement (pp. 1-36). Orlando, FL: Academic Press.
5. Black, M. (1998). Zinc deficiency and child development. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Supplement, 68, 464S-469S.
6. Bruner, A., Joffe, A., Duggan, A., Casella, J., & Brandt, J. (1996). Randomised study of cognitive effects of iron supplementation in non-anaemic iron deficient adolescent girls. Lancet, 348, 992-996.
7. Chavez, A., Martinez, C., & Yaschine, J. (1971). Nutrition, behavioral development and mother-child interaction in young rural children. Federation Proceedings, 34, 1574-1582.
8. Christensen, L. (1996). Diet behavior relationships: Focus on depression. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
9. Colombo, M., de la Parra, A., & Lopez, I. (1992). Intellectual and physical outcome of children undernourished in early life is influenced by later environmental conditions. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 34, 611-622.
10. Cook, J., & Martin, K. (1995). Differences in nutrient adequacy among poor and non-poor children. Center on Hunger, Poverty and Nutrition Policy Monograph. Medford, MA: Tufts University School of Nutrition.
11. de Andraca, I., Periano, P., & Uauy, R. (1998). Nutrition and care in the preterm and neonatal periods and later development. In Nutrition, health and child development. Pan American Health Organization Scientific Monograph No. 566 (pp. 43-68). Washington, DC: PAHO.
12. DeVries, M. (1984). Temperament and infant mortality among the Masai of East Africa. American Journal of Psychiatry, 141, 1189-1194.
13. Engle, P. (1991). Maternal work and child care strategies in Peri-Urban, Guatemala: Nutritional effects. Child Development, 62, 954-965.
14. Engle, P., Zeitlin, M., Medrano, Y., & Garcia, L. (1996). Growth consequences of low income Nicaraguan mothers theories about feeding one year olds. In S. Harkness & C. Super (Eds.), Parents cultural belief systems (pp. 428-446). New York: Guilford Press.
15. Gardner, J., Grantham-McGregor, S., Chang, S., Hirnes, J., & Powell, C. (1995). Activity and behavioral development in stunted and non-stunted children in response to nutritional supplementation. Child Development, 66, 1785-1797.
16. Geber, M., & Dean, R. (1956). The psychological changes accompanying Kwashiorkor. Courrier, 6, 3-15.
17. Gorman, K. (1995). Malnutrition and cognitive development. Journal of Nutrition Supplement, 125, S2239-S2244.
18. Grantham-McGregor, S. (1984). Rehabilitation following clinical malnutrition. In J. Brozek & B. Schurch (Eds.), Malnutrition and behavior: Critical assessment of key issues (pp. 531-554). Lausanne: Nestlé Foundation.
19. Grantham-McGregor, S. (1995). A review of studies of the effect of severe malnutrition on mental development. Journal of Nutrition Supplement, 125, S2333-S2238.
20. Grantham-McGregor, S., Chang, S., & Walker, S. (1998a). Evaluation of school feeding programs: Some Jamaican examples. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Supplement, 67, S785-S789.
21. Grantham-McGregor, S., Chang, S., Walker, S., & Powell, C. (1998b). School feeding studies in Jamaica. In Nutrition, health and child development. Pan American Health Organization Scientific Monograph No. 566 (pp. 104-118). Washington, DC: PAHO.
22. Grantham-McGregor, S., Fernald, L., & Sethuraman, K. (1999a). The effects of health and nutrition on cognitive and behavioral development in children in the first three years of life: 1. Low birth weight, breast feeding and protein energy malnutrition. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 20, 53-75.
23. Grantham-McCregor, S., Fernald, L., & Sethuraman, K. (1999b). Effects of health and nutrition on cognitive and behavioral development in children in the first three years of life. 2. Infections and micronutrient deficiencies: Iodine, iron and zinc. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 20, 76-99.
24. Grantham-McGregor, S., Lira, P., Ashworth, A., Morris, S., & Assuncao, A. (1998c). The development of low birth weight term infants and the effects of the environment in Northeast Brazil. Journal of Pediatrics, 132, 661-666.
25. Grantham-McGregor, S., Stewart, M., & Powell, C. (1991). Behavior of severely malnourished children in a Jamaican Hospital. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 33, 706-714.
26. Guilarte, T. (1993). Vitamin B-6 and cognitive development. Nutrition Reviews, 51, 193-198.
27. Hurtado, E., Claussen, A., & Scott, K. (1999). Early childhood anemia and mild or moderate mental retardation. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 69, 115-119.
28. Kaplan, B. (1972). Malnutrition and mental deficiency. Psychological Bulletin, 78, 321-339.
29. Karp, R. (1993). Malnourished children in the United States. New York: Springer.
30. Kleinman, J. (1992) The epidemiology of low birthweight. In S. Friedman & M. Sigman (Eds.), The psychological development of low-birthweight babies (pp. 21-36). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
31. Levitsky, D., & Strupp, B. (1995). Malnutrition and the brain. Journal of Nutrition Supplement, 125, S2212-S2220.
32. Lozoff, B. (1998). Exploratory mechanism for poorer development in iron-deficient anemic infants. In Nutrition, health and child development. Pan American Health Organization Scientific Monograph No. 566 (pp. 162-178). Washington, DC: PAHO.
33. Lozoff, B., Jimenez, E., & Wolf, A. (1991). Long-term developmental outcome of infants with iron deficiency. New England Journal of Medicine, 325, 687-694.
34. Lozoff, B., Klein, N., Nelson, E., McClish, D., Manuel, M., & Chacon, M. (1998). Behavior of infants with iron deficiency anemia. Child Development, 69, 24-36.
35. Lynch, S. (1997). Interaction of iron with other nutrients. Nutrition Reviews, 55, 102-110.
36. McCullough, A., Kirksey, A., Wachs, T.D., McCabe, G., Bassily, N., Bishry, Z., Galal, O., Harrison, G., & Jerome, N. (1990). Vitamin B-6 status of Egyptian mothers: Relation to infant behavior and maternal infant interactions. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 51, 1067-1074.
37. Merialdi, M., Caulfield, L., Zavaleta, N., Figueroa, A., & DiPietro, J. (1999). Adding Zinc to prenatal iron and folate tablets improves fetal neurobehavioral development. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 180 (Issue 2, Part 1), 438-490.
38. Moen, P., Elder, G., & Luscher, K. (1995). Examining lives in context. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
39. Morgane, P., Kemper, T., Stern, W., Hawrylewicz, E., & Resnick, O. (1978). The effect of protein malnutrition on the developing central nervous system in the rat. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Review, 2, 137-230.
40. My Lien, N., Meyer, K., & Winick, N. (1977). Early malnutrition and later adoption. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 30, 1734-1735.
41. Nelson, C., & Bloom, F. (1997). Child development and neuroscience. Child Development, 68, 970-987.
42. Paine, P., Dorea, J., Pasquali, J., & Monteior, A. (1992). Growth and cognition in Brazilian school children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 15, 160-183.
43. Pfeiffer, S., Norton, J., Nelson, L., & Shott, S. (1995). Efficacy of vitamin B-6 and magnesium in the treatment of autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 25, 481-493.
44. Pollitt, E. (1988). A critical view of three decades of research on the effects of chronic energy malnutrition on behavioral development. In B. Schurch & M. Scrimshaw (Eds.), Chronic energy deficiency (pp. 77-93). Lausanne: IDECG.
45. Pollitt, E. (1993). Iron deficiency and cognitive function. Annual Reviews of Nutrition 13, 521-537.
46. Pollitt, E. (1995). Functional significance of the covariance between protein energy malnutrition and iron deficiency anemia. Journal of Nutrition-Supplement, 125, S2272-S2278.
47. Pollitt, E., Cueto, S., & Jacoby, E. (1998). Fasting and cognition in well and undernourished school children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Supplement, 67, S779-S785.
48. Pollitt, E., Gorman, K., Engle, P., Martorell, R., & Rivera, J. (1993). Early supplementary feeding and cognition. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 55(17), 1-99.
49. Popkin, B., & Doak, C. (1998). The obesity epidemic is a worldwide phenomenon. Nutrition Reviews, 56, 106-114.
50. Powell, C., Walker, S., & Grantham-McGregor, S. (1998). Early childhood stimulation programs in Jamaica. In Nutrition health and child development. Pan American Health Organization Scientific Monograph No. 566 (pp. 198-208). Washington, DC: PAHO.
51. Ricciuti, H. (1993). Nutrition and mental development. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2, 43-46.
52. Sameroff, A. (1994). Ecological perspectives on longitudinal follow-up studies. In S. Friedman & C. Haywood (Eds.), Developmental follow-up (pp. 45-66). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
53. Sandiford, P., Cassel, J., Sanchez, G., & Coldham, C. (1997). Does intelligence account for the link between maternal literacy and child survival. Social Science and Medicine, 45, 1231-1239.
54. Sandstead, H. (1995). Requirements and toxicity of essential trace elements illustrated by zinc and copper. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Supplement, 61, S621-S624.
55. Sandstead, H., Penland, J., Alcock, N., Dayal, H., Chen, X., Li, J., Zhao, F., & Yang, J. (1998). Effects of repletion with zinc and other micronutrients on neuropsychologic performance and growth of Chinese children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Supplement, 68, S470-S475.
56. Sazawal, S., Bently, M., Black, R., Dhingra, P., George, S., & Bhan, M. (1996). Effect of zinc supplementation on observed activity in low socioeconomic Indian preschool children. Pediatrics, 98, 1132-1137.
57. Scheper-Hughes, N. (1987). Culture, scarcity and maternal thinking. In N. Scheper-Hughes (Ed.), Child survival (pp. 187-208). Dordrecht: Reidel.
58. Sigman, M., Espinosa, M., & Whaley, S. (1998). Mild malnutrition and the cognitive development of Kenyan school children. In Nutrition Health and Child Development. Pan American Health Oranizatian Scientific Monograph No. 566 (pp. 91-103). Washington, DC: PAHO.
59. Silver, A. (1992). Nutritional aspects of memory dysfunction. In J. Morley, R. Coe, R. Strong, & J. Grossberg (Eds.), Memory function in aging related disorders (pp. 202-212). New York: Springer.
60. Simeon, D., & Grantham-McGregor, S. (1990). Nutritional deficiencies and children's behavior and mental development. Nutrition Research Review, 3, 1-24.
61. Sklar, R. (1986). Nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency in a breast-fed infant of a vegan-diet mother. Clinical Pediatrics, 25, 219-221.
62. Spurr, G. (1987). Effects of chronic energy deficiency on stature, work capacity and productivity. In B. Schurch & N. Scrimshaw (Eds.), Chronic energy deficiency: Consequences and related issues (pp. 95-134). Lausanne: IDECG.
63. Stein, Z., Susser, M., Saenger, G., & Marolla, F. (1975). Famine and human development. London: Oxford University Press.
64. Strupp, B., & Levitsky, D. (1995). Enduring cognitive effects of early malnutrition. Journal of Nutrition Supplement, 125, S2221-S2232.
65. Super, C., Clement, J., Vuori, L., Christiansen, N., Mora, J., & Herrera, M. (1981). Infant and caretaker behavior as mediators of nutritional and social intervention in the Barrios of Bogota. In T. Field (Ed.), Culture and early interaction (pp. 171-188). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
66. Tacconi, M., Calzi, F., & Salmona, M. (1997). Brain lipids and diet. In M. Hilbrand & R. Spitz (Eds.), Lipids health and behavior (pp. 197-226). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
67. Toller, S. (1992). Biochemistry individual differences and psychonutrition. In A. Gale & M. Eysenck (Eds.), Handbook of individual differences: Biological perspectives. New York: Wiley.
68. UNICEF (1998). The state of the world's children 1998. Malnutrition: causes, consequences and solutions. Nutrition Reviews, 56, 115-123.
69. United Nations Subcommittee on Nutrition (1992). Second report on the world nutrition situation (Vol. 1). Geneva: World Health Organisation.
70. Wachs, T.D. (1995). Relation of mild to moderate malnutrition to human development: Correlational studies. Journal of Nutrition-Supplement, 125, S2245-S2254.
71. Wachs, T.D. (1999). The nature and nurture of child development. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 20, 7-22.
72. Wachs, T.D. (in press). Linking nutrition and temperament. In D. Molfese & V. Molfese (Eds.), Temperament and personality development across the lifespan. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
73. Wachs, T.D., Bishry, Z., Yunis, F., McCabe, G., Sweifi, E., Harrison, G., Shaheen, F., Galal, O., Jerome, N., & Kirksey, A. (1995). Nutritional intake and context as predictors of cognition and adaptive behavior of Egyptian school age children. Intemational Joumal of Behavioral Development, 18, 425-450.
74. Wachs, T.D., & McCabe, G. (1998). The role of the environment in human nutritional research and intervention. Nutrition, health and child development. Pan American Health Organization Scientific Monograph No. 566 (pp. 14-31). Washington, DC: PAHO.
75. Wachs, T.D., McCabe, G., Moussa, W., & Yunis, F. (1999, April). Maternal intelligence and education level as influences on the nutritional intake of Egyptian toddlers. Paper presented to the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.
76. Wachs, T.D., Sigman, M., Bishry, Z., Moussa, W., Jerome, N., Neumann, C., Bwibo, N., & McDonald, M. (1992). Caregiver child interaction patterns in two cultures in relation to nutrition. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 15, 1-18.
77. Watkins, W., & Pollitt, E. (1998). Iron deficiency and cognition among school aged children. In Nutrition, health and child development. Pan American Health Organization Scientific Monograph No. 566 (pp. 179-197). Washington, DC: PAHO.
78. Winick, M., Meyer, K., & Harris, R. (1975). Malnutrition and environmental enrichment by early adoption. Science, 190, 1173-1175.
79. Zeitlin, M. (1991). Nutritional resilience in a hostile environment. Nutrition Reviews, 49, 259-268.
80. Zeitlin, M. (1996). My child is my crown: Yoruba parental theories and practices in early childhood. In S. Harkness & C. Super (Eds.), Parents cultural belief systems (pp. 407-429). New York: Guilford Press.