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Activity and Behavioral Development in Stunted and Nonstunted Children and Response to Nutritional Supplementation.
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Meeks Gardner, Julie M.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Studied effects on nutritional supplementation, with or without psychosocial stimulation, on the development and growth of 129 stunted children compared with 32 nonstunted children. Found that after six months, initially low activity levels of stunted children matched those of nonstunted children, regardless of treatment. Supplementation improved…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries, Individual Development
The Long-Term Follow-Up of Severely Malnourished Children Who Participated in an Intervention Program.
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Grantham-McGregor, Sally; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined the relationship between childhood malnutrition and later intellectual development in 18 severely malnourished (SM) children who participated in a 3-year home visitation intervention. Follow-ups done 7, 8, 9, and 14 years after hospitalization showed that these children had markedly higher vocabulary and achievement scores than a control…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development