Good-quality diet in the early years may have a positive effect on academic achievement

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2016, Pages e209-e218

  Nyaradi, Anett ^a,b   Li, Jianghong ^b,c,d   Foster, Jonathan K ^a,b,d,e   Hickling, Siobhan ^a   Jacques, Angela ^a   O'Sullivan, Therese A ^f   Oddy, Wendy H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Neurosciences Unit   (Australia)

^f EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Children; Diet; Raine Study

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BEVERAGE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; EATING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPELLING; WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LITERACY AND NUMERACY ASSESSMENT; WRITING; ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITION; HEALTHY DIET; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84958213418     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.13324     Document Type: Article

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