Nutritional Outcomes of a Rural Diet Supplemented with Low Cost Locally Available Foods - IV. Impact on Children Studied from Birth to Pre-School Age

The rapid rate of growth during infancy and early childhood including pre-school age, calls for intake of greater amounts of nutrients. If these needs are not adequately met both qualitatively and quantitatively, signs of malnutrition will manifest themselves and result in long term deficiencies in physical, mental and alround development.