Feeding the brain – The effects of micronutrient interventions on cognitive performance among school-aged children: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1007-1014

  Lam, Long Fung ^a   Lawlis, Tanya R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Adolescents; Children; Cognitive; Memory; Micronutrients

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET THERAPY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; MEMORY DISORDER; META ANALYSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICRONUTRIENTS; NEUROGENESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84979703569     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.06.013     Document Type: Article

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