Association of Chronic Malnutrition, and Not Anemia, with Cognitive Development in Ethiopian Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study
This study assesses the associations between nutritional status and cognitive development of schoolchildren. A unit increase in height-for-age Z-score was associated with 0.12 SD, 0.08 SD and 0.12 SD increase in standardized digit span, Raven's colored progressive metrics, and performance index of visual search task, respectively. A unit increase in body-mass-index-for-age Z-score was associated with 0.11 SD increase in standardized digit span. Hemoglobin concentration was not associated with any of the cognitive outcomes. Chronic malnutrition was associated with cognitive development in schoolchildren while thinness and hemoglobin concentrations were associated with selected or no cognitive outcomes, respectively.
Authors
- Bruno Levecke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-5595)
- Befikadu Tariku Gutema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0574-6074)
- Muluken Bekele Sorrie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3464-2584)
- Tadiwos Hailu Zewdie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3339-3467)
- Stefaan De Henauw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4141-5432)
- Amina Abubakar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3686-7904)
- Souheila Abbeddou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1363-0170)
- Sifray Batire
Institutions
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KE)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Arba Minch University (ET)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ecology of Food and Nutrition
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2024.2426104
- Primary Topic
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00