A meta-analysis of nutrition interventions on mental development of children under-two in low- and middle-income countries

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Larson, Leila Margaret ^a   Yousafzai, Aisha K ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

child development; cognitive development; infant and child nutrition; low income countries; macronutrient; micronutrient

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

BODY GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; EFFECT SIZE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MACRONUTRIENT; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SANITATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COGNITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTHY DIET; MATERNAL NUTRITION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; SAMPLE SIZE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 85007143671     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12229     Document Type: Review

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