Impact of iron deficiency on cognition in infancy and childhood

Article Abstract:

The effects of iron deficiency anemia to the cognitive development in infancy and early childhood were reviewed. The brain in the young was noted to be very sensitive to iron deficiency and this affected primarily the major neurotransmitter systems. Iron deficiency in humans resulted to slower mental and motor development in children. Treatment with iron did not offer much improvement to the psychomotor development of affected children. These results implied that iron deficiency in the young may produce irreversible damage to psychomotor and cognitive development of children.

Analysis, Complications and side effects, Pediatric diseases, Behavioral assessment, Infant development, Iron deficiency anemia, Iron deficiency anemia in children

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Dietary fat content and energy density during infancy and childhood; the effect on energy intake and growth

Article Abstract:

A study to determine the relationship between the dietary fat content, energy intake and growth shows that the a low fat diet causes a decrease in the fat energy percentage which increases the chances of retarded growth as the energy requirements are not met. The results show that a low fat diet in infancy does not prevent the chances of diseases such as cardiovascular diseases which are associated with a high fat diet in adults. It is therefore recommended that there should be no restriction on the dietary fat content in the first 2 to 3 years of infancy.

Food and nutrition, Low-fat diet, Low fat diet

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Early linear growth retardation and later blood pressure

Article Abstract:

Research is presented describing the link between high blood pressure in later years and corresponding stunted growth before the age of 2 year old.

Developmental biology, Blood pressure

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