Effect of undernutrition on cognitive development of children, Kavindra Kesari, Ruchika Handa and Ranu Prasad
Kavindra Kumar Kesari Jawaharlal Nehru University India Ruchika Handa and Ranu Prasad Deemed University India Abstract: Undernutrition is a problem worldwide, especially among infants and young children, belonging to the poor socio-economic classes. Our aim was to explore the associations between undernutrition and Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and school performance in children. A total of 150 […]
Weight-for-stature reference data of prepubescent Egyptian children, Moushira Zaki, Nayera Hassan, Sahar A. El-Masry, Wafaa Kandeel and Fawzia Hussien
Moushira E. Zaki, Nayera E. Hassan, Sahar A. El-Masry, Wafaa A. Kandeel and Fawzia H. Hussien National Research Centre Egypt Abstract: Weight-for-stature is widely used as an index of recent malnutrition. The aim is to construct weight-for-stature percentile curves of prepubescent Egyptian children and to compare these curves with the revised US growth charts. In […]