Relations between nutrition and cognitive performance in Egyptian toddlers

Relations between nutrition and cognitive performance in Egyptian toddlers

This study assessed whether specific nutritional variables added unique variance to the prediction of toddler development outcomes in an Egyptian village, using 153 toddlers. Results suggest that, for the 18- to 23-month age, specific nutritional predictors can be identified and that there is specif...

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Veröffentlicht in:Intelligence (Norwood) 1993-04, Vol.17 (2), p.151-172
Hauptverfasser: Wachs, Theodore D., Moussa, Waffa, Bishry, Zeinab, Yunis, Feisal, Sobhy, Afaf, McCabe, George, Jerome, Norge, Galal, Osman, Harrison, Gail, Kirksey, Avanelle
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Africa
Africa, Northern
Age Factors
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Biology
Child
Child Development
Child Health
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Child Rearing
Child Welfare
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive performance
Cognitive Processes
Demography
Developing Countries
Developmental psychology
Disease
Egypt
Factors
Foreign Countries
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health
Hunger
Infant Nutrition Disorders
Infants
Intelligence
Longitudinal Studies
Malnutrition
Middle East
Nutrition
Nutrition Disorders
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Personality
Physical Health
Population
Population Characteristics
Poverty
Predictor Variables
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Statistics as Topic
Toddlers
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Zusammenfassung:This study assessed whether specific nutritional variables added unique variance to the prediction of toddler development outcomes in an Egyptian village, using 153 toddlers. Results suggest that, for the 18- to 23-month age, specific nutritional predictors can be identified and that there is specificity of nutritional action. (SLD)
ISSN:0160-2896
1873-7935
DOI:10.1016/0160-2896(93)90025-Z