Title: Malnutrition and human development.

POPLINE Document Number: 252029

Author(s):

Grantham-McGregor S

Source citation:

In: Resources and population: natural, institutional, and demographic dimensions of development, edited by Bernardo Colombo, Paul Demeny, and Max F. Perutz. Oxford, England, Clarendon Press, 1996. :233-47.

Abstract:

Focusing on protein-energy malnutrition, this chapter explores the extent of nutritional deficiencies and their impact on child development around the world. The relationship between nutritional deficiency and poor development among succeeding generations is noted. (ANNOTATION)

Keywords:

Global
Malnutrition
Child Health
Child Development
Nutrition Disorders
Diseases
Health
Biology