Mental Performance in School Age Children: Findings After Recovery from Early Severe Malnutrition.

Cravioto, Joaquin; Delicardie, Elsa R.

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Publication Date: 1970

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Mental Performance in School Age Children: Findings After Recovery from Early Severe Malnutrition

Cravioto, Joaquin; Delicardie, Elsa R.

American Journal of Diseases of Children, 120, 5, 404-410, Nov '70

Children who survive a severe episode of malnutrition early in life are handicapped in developing skills in reading and writing and are less able to profit from the cumulative knowledge available to man. This may lead to defective functioning, school failure, and subnormal adaptation. (DM)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Hunger, Low Income Groups, Medical Research, Mental Retardation

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