Not by Bread Alone: Reversing the Effects of Childhood Malnutrition

摘要: Protein‐energy malnutrition (PEM) early in life exerts adverse effects on brain growth and psychological development. However, behavioral deficits typically occur as a consequence of the interaction between PEM environmental deprivation. Human studies strongly suggest that developmental delays are associated with congruence an impoverished material social environment. It would seem therefore enriching immediate milieu through persistent appropriate stimulation child physically, mentally, socially emotionally is major factor reversal prevention consequences malnutrition. Nutritional supplementation then, while prerequisite to healthy ontogeny, by itself insufficient bringing normal levels