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. (Oct). 156-159] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
Department of Home Science, Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005
India
