Nutrition and brain development: Social policy implications

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 182-193

  Tanner, Emily M ^a,c   Finn Stevenson, Matia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIET; EMOTIONALITY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; IODINE DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLICY; POVERTY; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BRAIN; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENVIRONMENT; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0038638402     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.72.2.182     Document Type: Article

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