Electroencephalographics Changes and Mental Development in Malnourished Children

Nutrition and Mental Development in Children

“…The majority of studies on human malnutrition and mental development have dealt exclusively with the effects of severe malnutrition (Birch et at., 1971;Botha-Antoun et at., 1968;Brockman and Ricciuti, 1971;Cabak and Najdanvic, 1965;Champankan et at., 1968;Chase and Martin, 1970;Cravioto and DeLicardie, 1968;Cravioto and Robles, 1965;Cravioto et at., 1966; DeLicardie and Cravioto, 1974;Edwards and Craddock, 1973;Evans et at., 1971;Hertzig et at., 1972;Liang et at., 1967;Monckeberg, 1968;Montelli et at., 1974;Pollitt and Granoff, 1967;Stein et at., 1972a). Typically, subjects have been children hospitalized for one of two forms of acute malnutrition, marasmus or kwashiorkor (Birch et at., 1971;Brockman and Ricciuti, 1971;Cabak and Najdanvic, 1965;Champankan et at., 1968;Chase and Martin, 1970;Cravioto and Robles, 1965;DeLicardie and Cravioto, 1974;Evans et at., 1971;Hertzig et at., 1972;Monckeberg, 1968;Montelli et at., 1974;Pollitt and Granoff, 1967).…”

“…Typically, subjects have been children hospitalized for one of two forms of acute malnutrition, marasmus or kwashiorkor (Birch et at., 1971;Brockman and Ricciuti, 1971;Cabak and Najdanvic, 1965;Champankan et at., 1968;Chase and Martin, 1970;Cravioto and Robles, 1965;DeLicardie and Cravioto, 1974;Evans et at., 1971;Hertzig et at., 1972;Monckeberg, 1968;Montelli et at., 1974;Pollitt and Granoff, 1967). In these studies of severe malnutrition an association between early PCM and later poor cognitive performance has usually been found.…”