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 m...

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Main Authors: Glewwe, Paul, King, Elizabeth M.
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Language:English
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Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736879/impact-early-childhood-nutritional-status-cognitive-development-timing-malnutrition-matter
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spelling okr-10986-172132021-04-23T14:03:29Z The Impact of Early Childhood Nutritional Status on Cognitive Development : Does the Timing of Malnutrition Matter? Glewwe, Paul King, Elizabeth M. 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 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. 2014-03-04T20:25:03Z 2014-03-04T20:25:03Z 2001-01 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736879/impact-early-childhood-nutritional-status-cognitive-development-timing-malnutrition-matter World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17213 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Philippines
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Glewwe, Paul
King, Elizabeth M.
The Impact of Early Childhood Nutritional Status on Cognitive Development : Does the Timing of Malnutrition Matter?
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Philippines
description 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.
format Journal Article
author Glewwe, Paul
King, Elizabeth M.
author_facet Glewwe, Paul
King, Elizabeth M.
author_sort Glewwe, Paul
title The Impact of Early Childhood Nutritional Status on Cognitive Development : Does the Timing of Malnutrition Matter?
title_short The Impact of Early Childhood Nutritional Status on Cognitive Development : Does the Timing of Malnutrition Matter?
title_full The Impact of Early Childhood Nutritional Status on Cognitive Development : Does the Timing of Malnutrition Matter?
title_fullStr The Impact of Early Childhood Nutritional Status on Cognitive Development : Does the Timing of Malnutrition Matter?
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of Early Childhood Nutritional Status on Cognitive Development : Does the Timing of Malnutrition Matter?
title_sort impact of early childhood nutritional status on cognitive development : does the timing of malnutrition matter?
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/01/17736879/impact-early-childhood-nutritional-status-cognitive-development-timing-malnutrition-matter
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17213
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