Association of Chronic Malnutrition, and Not Anemia, with Cognitive Development in Ethiopian Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study

Befikadu Tariku Gutema; Muluken Bekele Sorrie; Sifray Batire; Tadiwos Hailu Zewdie; Bruno Levecke; Amina Abubakar; Stefaan De Henauw; Souheila Abbeddou

doi:10.1080/03670244.2024.2426104

Association of Chronic Malnutrition, and Not Anemia, with Cognitive Development in Ethiopian Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study

Befikadu Tariku Gutema, Muluken Bekele Sorrie, Sifray Batire, Tadiwos Hailu Zewdie, Bruno Levecke, Amina Abubakar, Stefaan De Henauw, Souheila Abbeddou

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This study assesses the associations between nutritional status and cognitive development of schoolchildren. A unit increase in height-for-age Z-score was associated with 0.12 SD, 0.08 SD and 0.12 SD increase in standardized digit span, Raven’s colored progressive metrics, and performance index of visual search task, respectively. A unit increase in body-mass-index-for-age Z-score was associated with 0.11 SD increase in standardized digit span. Hemoglobin concentration was not associated with any of the cognitive outcomes. Chronic malnutrition was associated with cognitive development in schoolchildren while thinness and hemoglobin concentrations were associated with selected or no cognitive outcomes, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	647-668
Number of pages	22
Journal	Ecology of Food and Nutrition
Volume	63
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03670244.2024.2426104
Publication status	Published - 2024
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cognition
Schoolchildren
nutritional status

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Association of Chronic Malnutrition, and Not Anemia, with Cognitive Development in Ethiopian Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study

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