Malnutrition and its determinants are associated with suboptimal cognitive, communication, and motor development in Tanzanian children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2705-2714

  Sudfeld, Christopher R ^a   McCoy, Dana Charles ^b   Fink, Günther ^a   Muhihi, Alfa ^c   Bellinger, David C ^a,d   Masanja, Honorati ^c   Smith, Emily R ^a   Danaei, Goodarz ^a   Ezzati, Majid ^e   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body height; Body weights and measures; Child development; Cognition; Infant; Intelligence; Malnutrition; Nutrition; Psychomotor performance; Sanitation

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUNTING; TANZANIAN; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH DISORDERS; INFANT; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANZANIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LINEAR MODELS; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL HEALTH; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA;

EID: 84951096621     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.215996     Document Type: Article

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