Impact of nutritional status at the onset of elementary school on academic aptitude test achievement at the end of high school in a multicausal approach

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 142-154

  Ivanovic, Daniza M ^a,b   Rodríguez, María Del Pilar N ^a   Pérez, Hernaén T ^a   Alvear, Jorge A ^a   Almagià, Atilio F ^c   Toro, Triana D ^c   Urrutia, María Soledad C ^d   Cruz, Arturo L ^a,b   Ivanovic, Rodolfo M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^d PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Education; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENT; TIME;

ACHIEVEMENT; APTITUDE TESTS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; TIME;

EID: 69249202581     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508184665     Document Type: Article

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