Early childhood growth and cognitive outcomes: Findings from the MAL-ED study.

ABSTRACT: Although many studies around the world hope to measure or improve developmental progress in children to promote community flourishing and productivity, growth is sometimes used as a surrogate because cognitive skills are more difficult to measure. Our objective was to assess how childhood measures of anthropometry correlate with measures of child development in low-income settings with high prevalence of poor nutrition and enteric disease, to inform studies considering growth outcomes in the absence of direct child developmental skill assessment. Children from the MAL-ED study were followed from birth to 24 months of age in field sites in 8 low- and middle-income countries across 3 continents. Monthly weight, length, and head circumference measurements were performed. At 24 months, the Bay

SUBMITTER: Scharf RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6866087 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature