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Levy, Luba Zuk; Petty, Karen – Early Child Development and Care, 2008
There has been a worldwide increase in the prevalence of children who are obese that is rapidly reaching epidemic proportions. These obese children have associated significant co-morbidities. In the past 30 years the proportion of children in the United States who are obese or overweight has tripled; 15%, or approximately nine million, are obese.…
Descriptors: Obesity, Health Education, Prevention, Physicians
Dayton, Delbert H. – Children, 1969
Relates studies of the effects of pre- and post-natal and childhood malnutrition on physical and mental development. Discusses national and international nutrition problems and solutions. (DR)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Health
Livingston, Robert B.; And Others – 1975
The degree to which under nourishment exists in a local community such as San Diego, California, and in the U.S. at large, and whether it is severe enough to interfere with brain development is the focus of this report. After establishing criteria for nutrition intake that would represent unambiguous jeopardy to brain development, these criteria…
Descriptors: Brain, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Eating Habits