Maternal education and intelligence predict offspring diet and nutritional status

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2179-2186

  Wachs, Theodore D ^a   Creed Kanashiro, Hilary ^b   Cueto, Santiago ^c   Jacoby, Enrique ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN NUTRICIONAL   (Peru)

^c Group for the Analysis of Development Lima   (Peru)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Education; Intelligence; Iron; Physical growth

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTELLIGENCE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERU; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 24744457548     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.9.2179     Document Type: Article

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