A cross-sectional survey in rural Bihar, India, indicates that nutritional status, diet, and stimulation are associated with motor and mental development in young children

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1578-1585

  Larson, Leila M ^a   Young, Melissa F ^a,b   Ramakrishnan, Usha ^a,b   Girard, Amy Webb ^a,b   Verma, Pankaj ^c   Chaudhuri, Indrajit ^c   Srikantiah, Sridhar ^c   Martorell, Reynaldo ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Patliputra Colony   (India)

Author keywords

Child development; Dietary diversity; Malnutrition; Mental; Motor; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIHAR; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES CHECKLIST II; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; AGE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INDIA; INFANT NUTRITION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STANDARDS;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85026631602     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.117.251231     Document Type: Article

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