Trial reportScientific reports2023
Effect of nutrition intervention on cognitive development among malnourished preschool children: randomized controlled trial.
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- A systematic bibliometric and meta analysis of key factors and emerging AI and ML insights in shaping child cognitive development.Discover mental health · 2025Review
- Exploring the barriers and facilitators of nutrition and dietary intake among school-aged children in the urban low-income setting of Addis Ababa.Nutrition research and practice · 2025Article
- Moderate thinness and its association with muscle strength of children 5-7 years in Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study.Public health nutrition · 2025Article
- Understanding Stunting: Impact, Causes, and Strategy to Accelerate Stunting Reduction-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Acute Respiratory Tract Infections in Pediatric Populations of Slum Areas: Navigating Challenges and Dynamics of Immune Responses.Current pediatric reviews · 2025Review
- The effect of maternal high-risk fertility behavior on child nutritional status in Sub-Saharan Africa: a propensity score-matched analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Association between physical activity, nutritional status and cognitive performance among school children in southern Tanzania.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Cognitive Performance in Patients With Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease Undergoing Liver Transplantation.Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation · 2025Article
- Child Migrants in Family Detention in the US: Addressing Fragmented Care.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Socioeconomic determinants of early childhood development: evidence from Pakistan.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2024Article
- EEG Theta Power in Bangladeshi Children: Associations With Early Experiences and Cognitive Outcomes.Child developmentArticle
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Abstract
Childhood malnutrition impairs health, development, and productivity in adulthood. Underweight children have been found to have a variety of cognitive abnormalities. The present study examined the effect of a nutrition-focused intervention on cognitive development among malnourished preschool children between 3 and 5 years of age residing in selected villages of Udupi district, Karnataka. A cluster of 12 villages was chosen randomly. The trial had enrolled preschool children (n = 253) from randomly assigned selected villages to intervention (n = 127) and control arms (n = 126). The mothers in the intervention arm received nutrition-focused intervention and reinforcement of health teaching for 12 months. The post-intervention outcome on the cognitive development of malnourished children was measured at 6 months and 12 months. Statistical analyses indicated that 52% of children in the intervention group had average cognitive development scores on the pre-test, whereas on the post-test, only 5.5% were in the average level of cognitive development. In the control group, the average cognitive development status of the children decreased from 44.4% in the pretest to 26.2% in the post-test. The cognitive development of malnourished children in the intervention group improved compared to the control group (p < 0.001). This study revealed that home-based nutrition-focused food helps to enhance children's cognitive development.Trial registration: ctri@gov.in. CTRI/31/03/2017/008273 [Registered on: 31/03/2017].
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