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ERIC Number: EJ407386
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Long-Term Effects of Food Supplementation and Psychosocial Intervention on the Physical Growth of Colombian Infants at Risk of Malnutrition.
Super, Charles M.; And Others
Child Development, v61 n1 p29-49 Feb 1990
At 3 years of age, children who had received food supplementation were an average of 2.6 cm and 642 grams larger than controls. Home visiting and supplementation combined reduced the number of children with severe growth retardation. Participants were 280 infants and their families from poor neighborhoods in Bogota, Colombia. (RH)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Body Height, Body Weight, Cognitive Development, Family Programs, Home Visits, Infants, Intervention, Longitudinal Studies, Nutrition, Parent Participation, Physical Development, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Colombia (Bogota); Food Supplements