Prenatal and Childhood Nutrition
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Prenatal and Childhood Nutrition

Evaluating the Neurocognitive Connections

  1. 448 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Prenatal and Childhood Nutrition

Evaluating the Neurocognitive Connections

About this book

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.Nutrition is not only a basic need that all humans have to sustain life, but it is also critical to successful early development. This research compendium lends deeper insights into the links between nutrition and healthy brain function-and from the reverse perspective, between nutrition and neur

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Yes, you can access Prenatal and Childhood Nutrition by Cindy Croft in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Ciencias biológicas & Nutrición, dietética y bariatría. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. About the Editor
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgment and How to Cite
  5. List of Contributors
  6. Introduction
  7. Part I: Nutrition and Neurocognitive Development
  8. Chapter 1: Nutritional Influences on Human Neurocognitive Functioning
  9. Chapter 2: Dietary Patterns in Pregnancy and Effects on Nutrient Intake in the Mid-South: The Conditions Affecting Neurocognitive Development and Learning in Early Childhood (CANDLE) Study
  10. Chapter 3: The Role of Nutrition in Children's Neurocognitive Development, From Pregnancy Through Childhood
  11. Chapter 4: Nutrition and Brain Development in Early Life
  12. Chapter 5: Genomic and Epigenomic Insights into Nutrition and Brain Disorders
  13. Chapter 6: Nutrition as an Important Mediator of the Impact of Background Variables on Outcome in Middle Childhood
  14. Chapter 7: Mild Iodine Deficiency During Pregnancy is Associated with Reduced Educational Outcomes in the Offspring: 9-Year Follow-up of the Gestational Iodine Cohort
  15. Part II: Nutrition and Children with Special Needs
  16. Chapter 8: Dietary Patterns in Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  17. Chapter 9: Dietary Intake and Plasma Levels of Choline and Betaine in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
  18. Chapter 10: Association Between Psychiatric Disorders and Iron Deficiency Anemia Among Children And Adolescents: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
  19. Chapter 11: Vitamin D Deficiency and Psychotic Features in Mentally Ill Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study
  20. Part III: Nutritional Interventions for Improved Cognitive Function
  21. Chapter 12: The Effects of Breakfast on Behavior and Academic Performance in Children and Adolescents
  22. Chapter 13: Dietary Levels of Pure Flavonoids Improve Spatial Memory Performance and Increase Hippocampal Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
  23. Chapter 14: Camel Milk as a Potential Therapy as an Antioxidant in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  24. Chapter 15: Issues in the Timing of Integrated Early Interventions: Contributions from Nutrition, Neuroscience, and Psychological Research
  25. Author Notes
  26. Back Cover