Nutritional status and cognitive performance of mother-child pairs in Sidama, Southern Ethiopia

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 274-284

  Bogale, Alemtsehay ^a,b   Stoecker, Barbara J ^a   Kennedy, Tay ^a   Hubbs Tait, Laura ^a   Thomas, David ^a   Abebe, Yewelsew ^b   Hambidge, K Michael ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Cognition; Ethiopia; KABC II; Malnutrition; Raven's CPM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; KAUFMAN ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR CHILDREN II; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAVENS COLORED PROGRESSIVE MATRICES; RECALL; RURAL AREA; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; VISION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875055160     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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