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Direct linkBlack, Maureen M.; Yimgang, Doris P.; Hurley, Kristen M.; Harding, Kimberly B.; Fernandez-Rao, Sylvia; Balakrishna, Nagalla; Radhakrishna, Kankipati V.; Reinhart, Gregory A.; Nair, Krishnapillai Madhavan – Developmental Science, 2019
Stunting has been negatively associated with children's development. We examined the range of height by testing hypotheses: (a) height is positively associated with children's development, with associations moderated by inflammation and (b) home environments characterized by nurturance and early learning opportunities is positively associated with…
Descriptors: Body Height, Infants, Child Development, Physical Development
Download full textGrantham-McGregor, Sally; Smith, Joanne A. – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2016
We review the development of the Jamaican home visiting intervention for children under 4 years and its evidence base. The intervention has focused on supporting mothers to promote the development of their children through interacting in a responsive way, labelling the environment and activities. The curriculum is structured and cognitively…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Development, Depression (Psychology), Home Visits
Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J.; Schlotz, Wolff; Rutter, Michael – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2010
The authors' previous work and the data reported in the preceding chapters of this monograph provide conclusive evidence of the persistent nature of the negative impact of early severe deprivation. Institutional deprivation, despite the good outcomes for many, was often associated with substantial impairment and disorder across a wide range of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adoption, Followup Studies, Young Children
Peer reviewedGuinn, Bobby – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1988
Compares height, weight, and triceps skinfold of Mexican American (MA) children, ages 10-14, in Texas with reference data on American children. Heights were below reference means while weights about same. Boys' triceps skinfold measurements were significantly greater than means. Girls' were similar, indicating positive energy balance. (Author/TES)
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedBrown, Judith E.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1979
Discusses the methods and results of a nutritional assessment involving 64 noninstitutionalized children (ages 2-19 years) with various types of handicapping conditions. It is explained that, in general, children were smaller in weight and height than average and frequently consumed unbalanced diets. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Eating Habits, Exceptional Child Research
Drotar, Dennis – 1984
Children diagnosed with environmentally based failure to thrive early during their first year of life were seen at 12 and 18 months for assessment of psychological development (cognition, language, symbolic play, and behavior during testing). Based on a transactional model of outcome, factors reflecting biological vulnerability (wasting and…
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Family Income, Family Size
Wiecha, Jean L.; And Others – 1991
"Nutrition Counts," the pediatric portion of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's (MDPH) Nutrition Surveillance System, monitors and describes aspects of nutritional status among groups of young children in the state. This report presents cross-sectional data describing 5,176 infants and young children in Massachusetts. Of…
Descriptors: Anemia, Body Height, Body Weight, Child Health
Bureau of Community Health Services (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. – 1981
This manual shows health providers how to perform precisely and expertly each step of several procedures used in screening children for nutritional problems. It is intended for all health providers who are involved in weighing and measuring children, recording and plotting measurements on growth charts, taking blood samples to test for iron…
Descriptors: Anemia, Body Height, Body Weight, Children
Owen, George M.; And Others – 1970
As part of a national study of the nutrition of preschool children, data were collected on 201 Apache children, 1 to 6 years of age, living on an Indian reservation in Arizona. This report reviews procedures and clinical findings, and gives an analysis of growth data including skeletal maturation, nutrient intakes and clinical biochemical data. In…
Descriptors: American Indians, Apache, Body Height, Body Weight
Peer reviewedSuper, Charles M.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
At 3 years of age, children who had received food supplementation were an average of 2.6 cm and 642 grams larger than controls. Home visiting and supplementation combined reduced the number of children with severe growth retardation. Participants were 280 infants and their families from poor neighborhoods in Bogota, Colombia. (RH)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Body Height, Body Weight, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedEngle, Patrice L. – Child Development, 1991
A study of 8 to 35 month olds found that informally employed mothers had more undernourished children than did formally employed or nonworking mothers. With maternal education controlled for, no effects of maternal employment on children's growth patterns were found. Percentage of family income earned by the mother was associated with children's…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Height, Body Weight, Day Care
Peer reviewedMarcon, Rebecca A. – Young Children, 2003
Examines young children's physical development and how growth is linked to cognitive and social development. Discusses problems in American children's diets and the use of height-for-age and weight-for-height as indicators of physical maturity. Considers complexities of the physical-cognitive relationship and identifies possible ways that social…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Body Composition, Body Height, Body Weight
Love, John M. – 1984
One concern frequently cited regarding early childhood programs is that methods for assessing some of their more important objectives are inadequate or nonexistent. This paper addresses this concern in the areas of health, safety, nutrition, dental health, and physical development during the preschool years. An organizing framework for classifying…
Descriptors: Anemia, Auditory Evaluation, Body Height, Body Weight
Edington, D.W.; Cunningham, Lee – 1975
This guide to biological awareness through guided self-discovery is based on 51 single focus statements concerning the human body. For each statement there are explanations of the underlying physiological principles and suggested activities and discussion ideas to encourage understanding of the statement in terms of the human body's functions,…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Biology, Blood Circulation, Body Height
