The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Nutritional Status, Morbidity Pattern and Cognitive Development of 10-12 Year Old Children


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1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore - 641043, India
     

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School going age is a dynamic period of growth and development as children undergo physical, social and rapid mental and emotional changes and nutrition is one of the major environmental factors responsible for these changes. The elementary school going period (10-12 years) is nutritionally significant because it is the prime time to build up stores of nutrients in preparation for the rapid growth during adolescence.
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K. Sujatha
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore - 641043, India
M. Sylvia Subapriya
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore - 641043, India

Abstract


School going age is a dynamic period of growth and development as children undergo physical, social and rapid mental and emotional changes and nutrition is one of the major environmental factors responsible for these changes. The elementary school going period (10-12 years) is nutritionally significant because it is the prime time to build up stores of nutrients in preparation for the rapid growth during adolescence.