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Early nutrition, growth and cognitive development of infants from birth to 2 years in Malaysia: a study protocol

Background: The first 2 years of life is a critical period of rapid growth and brain development. During this period, nutrition and environmental factors play important roles in growth and cognitive development of a child. This report describes the study protocol of early nutrition, growth and cogn...

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Main Authors: Nurliyana, Abdul Razak, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir, Wan, Ying Gan, Kit, Aun Tan
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Language:English
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55579/1/Early%20nutrition%2C%20growth%20and%20cognitive.pdf
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5043613/pdf/12887_2016_Article_700.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.555792017-08-14T03:49:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55579/ Early nutrition, growth and cognitive development of infants from birth to 2 years in Malaysia: a study protocol Nurliyana, Abdul Razak Mohd Shariff, Zalilah Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir Wan, Ying Gan Kit, Aun Tan Background: The first 2 years of life is a critical period of rapid growth and brain development. During this period, nutrition and environmental factors play important roles in growth and cognitive development of a child. This report describes the study protocol of early nutrition, growth and cognitive development of infants from birth to 2 years of age. Methods/Design: This is a prospective cohort study of mothers and infants recruited from government health clinics in Seremban district in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Infants are followed-up at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months of age. Pre-natal factors that include mother’s pre-pregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, blood glucose and blood pressure during pregnancy, infant’s gestational age, birth weight and head circumference at birth are obtained from patient card. Post-natal factors assessed at each follow-up are feeding practices, dietary intake, anthropometric measurements and cognitive development of infants. Iron status is assessed at 6 months, while infant temperament and home environment are assessed at 12 months. Maternal intelligence is assessed at 18 months. Discussion: Early life nutritional programming is of current interest as many longitudinal studies are actively being conducted in developed countries to investigate this concept. The concept however is relatively new in developing countries such as Malaysia. This study will provide useful information on early nutrition and infant development in the first two years of life which can be further followed up to identify factors that track into childhood and contribute to growth and cognitive deviations. 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55579/1/Early%20nutrition%2C%20growth%20and%20cognitive.pdf Nurliyana, Abdul Razak and Mohd Shariff, Zalilah and Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir and Wan, Ying Gan and Kit, Aun Tan (2016) Early nutrition, growth and cognitive development of infants from birth to 2 years in Malaysia: a study protocol. BMC Pediatrics, 16 (160). pp. 1-7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5043613/pdf/12887_2016_Article_700.pdf 10.1186/s12887-016-0700-0
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description Background: The first 2 years of life is a critical period of rapid growth and brain development. During this period, nutrition and environmental factors play important roles in growth and cognitive development of a child. This report describes the study protocol of early nutrition, growth and cognitive development of infants from birth to 2 years of age. Methods/Design: This is a prospective cohort study of mothers and infants recruited from government health clinics in Seremban district in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Infants are followed-up at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months of age. Pre-natal factors that include mother’s pre-pregnancy body mass index, gestational weight gain, blood glucose and blood pressure during pregnancy, infant’s gestational age, birth weight and head circumference at birth are obtained from patient card. Post-natal factors assessed at each follow-up are feeding practices, dietary intake, anthropometric measurements and cognitive development of infants. Iron status is assessed at 6 months, while infant temperament and home environment are assessed at 12 months. Maternal intelligence is assessed at 18 months. Discussion: Early life nutritional programming is of current interest as many longitudinal studies are actively being conducted in developed countries to investigate this concept. The concept however is relatively new in developing countries such as Malaysia. This study will provide useful information on early nutrition and infant development in the first two years of life which can be further followed up to identify factors that track into childhood and contribute to growth and cognitive deviations.
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author Nurliyana, Abdul Razak
Mohd Shariff, Zalilah
Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir
Wan, Ying Gan
Kit, Aun Tan
spellingShingle Nurliyana, Abdul Razak
Mohd Shariff, Zalilah
Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir
Wan, Ying Gan
Kit, Aun Tan
Early nutrition, growth and cognitive development of infants from birth to 2 years in Malaysia: a study protocol
author_facet Nurliyana, Abdul Razak
Mohd Shariff, Zalilah
Mohd Taib, Mohd Nasir
Wan, Ying Gan
Kit, Aun Tan
author_sort Nurliyana, Abdul Razak
title Early nutrition, growth and cognitive development of infants from birth to 2 years in Malaysia: a study protocol
title_short Early nutrition, growth and cognitive development of infants from birth to 2 years in Malaysia: a study protocol
title_full Early nutrition, growth and cognitive development of infants from birth to 2 years in Malaysia: a study protocol
title_fullStr Early nutrition, growth and cognitive development of infants from birth to 2 years in Malaysia: a study protocol
title_full_unstemmed Early nutrition, growth and cognitive development of infants from birth to 2 years in Malaysia: a study protocol
title_sort early nutrition, growth and cognitive development of infants from birth to 2 years in malaysia: a study protocol
publishDate 2016
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/55579/1/Early%20nutrition%2C%20growth%20and%20cognitive.pdf
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