New pediatric nutrition screening tool
Pediatric inpatients with poor nutrition are at greater risk for problems with their immune systems, physical and cognitive development, and clinical outcomes.
August 8, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: cognitive-development, greater-risk, immune, immune-systems, nutrition / diet, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, poor-nutrition
Iron And Folic Acid Directly Related To Improved Function In Children
Children whose mothers were given iron and folic acids while pregnant were found to have higher levels of intelligence, executive function and fine motor controls, researchers reveal in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association). Early iron deficiency has been shown to alter neuroanatomy and metabolism that in turn can stifle typical cognitive development patterns in children…
December 22, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: alter-neuroanatomy, association, cognitive-development, executive-function, folic-acids, iron-deficiency, jama, levels, motor-controls, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, oncalldiets, stifle-typical
Fish Oil Supplements During Pregnancy Do Not Aid Infant Brain Development, Study Finds
A popular supplement among pregnant women — docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil — has no clear benefits for an infant’s cognitive development, contradicting a view among many obstetricians and their patients, according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the New York Times reports…
October 22, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: among-pregnant, association, clear-benefits, cognitive-development, journal, nutritional counseling, omega-3-fatty, on call diets, popular-supplement, pregnancy / obstetrics, recent-study, times
