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Direct linkNational Scientific Council on the Developing Child, 2006
Betsy Lozoff is among the world's leading experts on iron deficiency and its effects on infant brain development and behavior. Iron deficiency is the most common single nutrient disorder in the world, affecting more than half of the world's infants and young children. Research by Lozoff and others has shown that there are long-lasting…
Descriptors: Infants, Brain, Incidence, Diseases
Peer reviewedLozoff, Betsy; And Others – Child Development, 1998
Compared behavior of 52 Costa Rican 12- to 23-month-olds with iron-deficiency anemia to that of 139 infants with better iron status. Found that iron-deficient infants maintained closer contact with caregivers; showed less pleasure and playfulness; were more wary, hesitant, and easily tired; made fewer attempts at test items; and attended less to…
Descriptors: Anemia, Attention, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers
