Integrating nutrition and child development interventions: Scientific basis, evidence of impact, and implementation considerations

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 852-859

  Black, Maureen M ^a   Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^b   Rao, Sylvia Fernandez ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

1000 days; Child development intervention; Implementation science; Nutrition intervention; Sensitive development periods; Sustainable development goals

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILD WELFARE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84953299722     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.115.010348     Document Type: Article

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