The Impact of Early Childhood Nutritional Status on Cognitive Development : Does the Timing of Malnutrition Matter?

This article uses longitudinal data from the Philippines to examine whether the timing of malnutrition in early childhood is a critical factor in determining subsequent cognitive development. Although some observers have argued that the first six months of life are the most critical in the sense that malnutrition during that time period harms cognitive development more than malnutrition later in life, analysis of the Philippines data does not support this claim. To the contrary, the data suggest that malnutrition in the second year of life may have a larger negative impact than malnutrition in the first year of life.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Glewwe, Paul, King, Elizabeth M.
Format:	Journal Article biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2001-01
Subjects:	BABIES, BREASTFEEDING, CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CHILD GROWTH, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILDHOOD MALNUTRITION, CLINICS, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIARRHEA, DIETS, DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, EFFECTIVE POLICIES, FAMINE, FOOD INTAKE, FOOD PRICE, FOOD PRICES, HEALTH PROBLEMS, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH STATUS, HOUSEHOLD ASSETS, HUMAN BODY, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, HUNGER, IMPACT ON CHILDREN, INFANT, INFANT FOODS, INFANT FORMULA, INFANTS, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INTERVENTION, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES, LOW-INCOME COUNTRY, MALNOURISHED CHILDREN, MALNUTRITION, MATERNAL HEALTH, MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES, MATERNAL NUTRITION, MEAT, MEDICAL SERVICES, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, MICRONUTRIENTS, MIGRATION, MIGRATIONS, MORBIDITY, MOTHER, NURSING, NUTRIENT, NUTRITION EDUCATION, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITION POLICIES, NUTRITIONAL DATA, NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES, NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY, NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION, NUTRITIONISTS, OFFICE OF POPULATION, PEDIATRICS, PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, PHYSICAL GROWTH, POLICY DECISIONS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POOR HEALTH, POOR MATERNAL HEALTH, POOR NUTRITION, POPULATION CENTER, POPULATION STUDIES, PREGNANCY, PRENATAL NUTRITION, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRODUCTION FUNCTION, PROTEIN, PROTEIN DEFICIENCIES, PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHOLOGY, QUALITY OF LIFE, SCHOOL QUALITY, SCHOOL YEARS, SCHOOLING, SEVERE MALNUTRITION, SEX, SOCIAL POLICY, STUNTING, UNDERNUTRITION, VEGETABLES, WEAKNESS, WEIGHT GAIN, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG CHILDREN,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736879/impact-early-childhood-nutritional-status-cognitive-development-timing-malnutrition-matter https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17213
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