Early Supplementary Feeding and Cognition (Society for Research in Child Development, 1993, 123 pages)

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Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Methodology and findings of the longitudinal study

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The villages

Experimental intervention

Effects of experimental intervention on infant and preschool development

Methods of the current analyses

Results of the current analyses

Conclusions

III. Conceptual rationale for the follow-up

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Developmental effects of early nutrition interventions

Long-term effects of early educational interventions

Supplementary feeding and current views on development

IV. Methodological and substantive considerations

Inherent limitations of the longitudinal and follow-up studies

Summary

V. Methods of the cross-sectional follow-up

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Subjects

Socioeconomic indicators

Schooling variables

The psychological test battery

VI. Results from the cross-sectional follow-up

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Effects of experimental treatment on test scores

Effects of treatment on nonschooled subjects

VII. Discussion

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The power of a nutritional explanation

Reflections on particular findings

A theoretical interpretation

Policy implications

Appendix A: Average nutrient intakes of Atole and Fresco subjects

Appendix B: Descriptions of tests used in the analysis of the preschool battery

References

Acknowledgments

Commentary - Going beyond nutrition: Nutrition, context, and development

Commentary - Early supplementary feeding and cognition: A retrospective comment

Reply - Nutrition and development: Considerations for intervention

Contributors

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