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Peer reviewedLasky, Robert E.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Investigated the relationship between anthropometric indices and behavioral development during the first two years of life in rural Guatemala. Body length and weight most strongly correlated with behavioral development. When length and weight were controlled statistically, variance in behavioral development was accounted for. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior
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
Peer reviewedPollitt, Ernesto; And Others – Child Development, 1982
Reports the results of a multiple regression analysis conducted to determine, in a group of three- to six-year-old children, the magnitude of IQ variance accounted for by physical growth variables and socioeconomic status indicators. (RH)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Intelligence Quotient
Peer reviewedBogin, Barry; MacVean, Robert B. – Child Development, 1983
Longitudinal data from a study of child development in Guatemala City were used to describe the influence of socioeconomic status and sex on physical and cognitive growth status. The correlation between growth status variables was also analyzed. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries
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
