Document Type
Article
Department
Institute for Human Development
Abstract
This study assesses the associations between nutritional statusand cognitive development of schoolchildren. A unit increase inheight-for-age Z-score was associated with 0.12 SD, 0.08 SD and0.12 SD increase in standardized digit span, Raven’s coloredprogressive metrics, and performance index of visual searchtask, respectively. A unit increase in body-mass-index-for-ageZ-score was associated with 0.11 SD increase in standardizeddigit span. Hemoglobin concentration was not associated withany of the cognitive outcomes. Chronic malnutrition was asso-ciated with cognitive development in schoolchildren while thin-ness and hemoglobin concentrations were associated withselected or no cognitive outcomes, respectively.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Ecology of Food and Nutrition
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2024.2426104
Recommended Citation
Gutema, B. T.,
Sorrie, M. B.,
Batire, S.,
Zewdie, T. H.,
Levecke, B.,
Abubakar, A.,
Henauw, S. D.,
Abbeddou, S.
(2024). Association of chronic malnutrition, and not anemia, with cognitive development in Ethiopian schoolchildren: A cross-sectional study. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 63(6), 647-688.
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