MALNUTRITION AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTAMONG UNDER FIVE YEARS CHILDREN IN INDIA
- Research Scholar, Department of Home Science (Foods and Nutrition), Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Home Science (Foods and Nutrition), Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
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Malnutrition is a silent epidemic that is associated with structural and functional brain disease. Malnourished children have been found to have a wide range of cognitive abnormalities.Malnutrition in under five yearschildren has been linked to lower intelligence quotient, cognitive development, academic achievement, and behavioural difficulties in school-aged children compared to matched controls.The aim of this review is to give a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge on the link between malnutrition and cognitive development. A study was conducted by the secondary data including review paper, research articles, WHO report, newspaper articles and NFHS-5 report in the literature that have attempted the existing knowledge on the study. This article discusses the most important malnourished factors and its associations with cognitive functions.
Neelam and Sukanya Chakravorty (2024); MALNUTRITION AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTAMONG UNDER FIVE YEARS CHILDREN IN INDIA, Int. J. of Adv. Res., 12 (10), 156-159, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/19629
Department of Home Science, Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005
India
