title: Prediction of cognitive competence in Kenyan children from Toddler nutrition, family characteristics and abilities.
abstract: This study explored the extent to which cognitive competence in 5-yr old Kenyan children was associated with earlier nutritional factors, family conditions and toddler characteristics. Food intake during the 18th-30th mths and physical stature at 30 mths were associated with cognitive skills at 5 yrs. Measures of family background, abilities of the child as a toddler and current schooling were also associated with cognitive abilities at 5 yrs. These variables influenced development independently, so that later cognitive competence was best predicted by a combination of earlier nutritional, family and toddler characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sigman
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bwibo
mesh_terms: D001076:Aptitude; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment