Growth recovery and faltering though early adolescence in low- and middle-income countries: Determinants and implications for cognitive development

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue , 2017, Pages 81-90

  Georgiadis, Andreas ^a,b   Benny, Liza ^c   Duc, Le Thuc ^d   Galab, Sheikh ^e   Reddy, Prudhvikar ^e   Woldehanna, Tassew ^f  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences   (Viet Nam)

^e Centre for Economic Social Studies   (India)

^f ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Child undernutrition; Cognitive development; Growth trajectories; Post infancy growth recovery and faltering

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LIVING STANDARD; NUTRITION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; WAGE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COST; ETHIOPIA; FOOD; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SALARY; SCHOOL CHILD; STUNTING; VIET NAM; WASTE DISPOSAL; AGE; APTITUDE TEST; BIRTH ORDER; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENT; INCOME; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SANITATION; SEX FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ETHIOPIA; INDIA; PERU; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; APTITUDE TESTS; BIRTH ORDER; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; SANITATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85014238990     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.02.031     Document Type: Article

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