title: Early postnatal protein-calorie malnutrition and cognition: a review of human and animal studies.
abstract: Malnutrition continues to be recognized as the most common and serious form of children's dietary disease in the developing countries and is one of the principal factors affecting brain development. The purpose of this paper is to review human and animal studies relating malnutrition to cognitive development, focusing in correlational and interventional data, and to provide a discussion of possible mechanisms by which malnutrition affects cognition.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Nutrition and Behavior, Department of Psychology and Education, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Av Bandeirantes 3900, 14040-901 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. fernandalaus@pg.ffclrp.usp.br
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Laus
authors.forename: Lucas Duarte Manhas Ferreira
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Vales
authors.forename: Telma Maria Braga
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Sebastião Sousa
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Almeida
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002657:Child Development; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007228:Infant Nutrition Disorders / Q000523:psychology*