Brain, Behaviour and Iron in the Infant Diet - Hardcover

Dobbing, John

9780387196053: Brain, Behaviour and Iron in the Infant Diet

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0387196056 ISBN 13: 9780387196053

Publisher: Springer Verlag, 1990

Brain Behavior and Iron in the Infant Diet examines whether iron deficiency in early life leads to deleterious changes in brain and/or behavioural development and, in particular, whether it has any long-lasting effects on intellectual capacity, Iron deficiency in infancy is widespread even in developed countries when there is no general malnutrition. It's prevention becomes of prime importance if it affets intellectual achievement. Leading international experts in the fields of experimental psychology, developmental psychopharmacology, clinical pediatric nutrition and developmental neuroscience present an up-to-date account of current knowledge, with those areas which remain unresolved being closely argued and the evidence set out for the reader to make his of her own informed judgement. Each contributor was asked to comment critically on each of the other chapters and these comments are included at the end of each chapter. This book will be of value and interest to practitioners, postgraduate and research workers in the fields of pediatrics, nutrition and developmental psychology.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.