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Nutritional deficiencies and subsequent effects on mental and behavioral development in children
S M Grantham-McGregor1, L C Fernald
1Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, London, UK. s.mgregor@ich.ucl.ac.uk
Abstract:
Nutritional deficiencies at all stages of growth, both pre- and post-natal, can affect a child's physical, mental and behavioral development. In this paper, we review literature about how mental development is affected by the following nutritional conditions: low birth weight, mild, moderate, and severe protein-energy malnutrition, iodine deficiency, and iron deficiency.