title: Nutritional deficiencies and subsequent effects on mental and behavioral development in children.
abstract: Nutritional deficiencies at all stages of growth, both pre- and post-natal, can affect a child's physical, mental and behavioral development. In this paper, we review literature about how mental development is affected by the following nutritional conditions: low birth weight, mild, moderate, and severe protein-energy malnutrition, iodine deficiency, and iron deficiency.
authors.affiliation: Centre for International Child Health, Institute of Child Health, London, UK. s.mgregor@ich.ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Grantham-McGregor
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Fernald
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D015362:Child Nutrition Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019049:Developed Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019587:Dietary Supplements / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D006815:Hunger / Q000502:physiology; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007455:Iodine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000172:deficiency; D007501:Iron / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000090463:Iron Deficiencies; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000592:standards; D012572:School Health Services / Q000592:standards; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine; D007501:Iron