Background & Aims: Malnutrition is defined as nutritional disorders or unfavourable health status that can be the result of overconsumption or underconsumption of one or more nutrients. The causes of malnutrition are complex, multidimensional, and population specific. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has adapted a conceptual framework for facilitating researchers in determining the cause...

OBJECTIVE We incorporated selected items from several existing instruments to create a comprehensive multifactorial instrument to measure problematic eating behaviors in young children and to examine the prevalences and correlates of these behaviors. METHOD A community sample of young mothers (N = 93) completed the inventory of problematic eating behaviors for their 36-month-old children. R...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the occurrence, cross-informant agreement, 1-year stability, and context characteristics of externalizing behaviors in 12-month-old children, as compared to 24- and 36-month-olds. METHOD In a general population sample of 786 12-month-olds, 720 24-month-olds, and 744 36-month-olds, the CBCL/ 1(1/2)-5 was obtained from mothers and fathers and again one year la...

Introduction: The acquisition of speech and language constitutes a dynamic part of two-year-old children’s growth. Expressive lexicon is a key indicator of language ability in these children. Premature birth, birth before gestational week 37, is one of the most common risk factors associated with learning skill development. A review of literature suggests inconsistent results on the...

During a historic prospective study, measurements of weight, height and head circumferences were carried out in a group of 393 Tehrani boys and girls between the first and 36th month of life and measurements were plotted over the N.C.H.S. curves. These children belonged to middle and high-class literate families who were able to understand and follow the medical advice given by their privat...

introduction: the acquisition of speech and language constitutes a dynamic part of two-year-old children’s growth. expressive lexicon is a key indicator of language ability in these children. premature birth, birth before gestational week 37, is one of the most common risk factors associated with learning skill development. a review of literature suggests inconsistent results on the relationshi...