Food insecurity affects school children's academic performance, weight gain, and social skills

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2831-2839

  Jyoti, Diana F ^a   Frongillo, Edward A ^a   Jones, Sonya J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic; Child development; Food insecurity; Longitudinal; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 31544481377     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.12.2831     Document Type: Article

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