Aim: Nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency in infants may occur because the maternal diet contains inadequate animal products. Clinical presentations of the infants who had nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency were analyzed in this study. Subjects and Methods: ...
Vitamins are essential nutrients for many body functions and particularly important during growth. Adequate supply in pregnancy and in early infancy is therefore crucial, but there is still a lack of knowledge about the needed amounts of vitamins of ...
More than two billion people suffer from anemia worldwide, and it is estimated that more than 50 % of cases are caused by iron deficiency. In this community intervention trial, we evaluated infants aged 10 to 23 months of age (n = 171) from two public ...
A systematic review and meta-analysis of available randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted to evaluate the effect of zinc (Zn) intake on mental and motor development in infants. Out of 5500 studies identified through electronic searches and ...
Abstract.Background: Establishing understanding of infants’ dietary intakes can support interventions to improve their diets and overall health. Because information on the dietary intakes of infants aged ≤12 months in Saudi Arabia is scarce, this study ...
Abstract. Vitamin B12 (B12) plays in an important role in the development and function of the brain and nervous system, and adequate B12 status is especially important for the normal development of infants. In previous research conducted in Guatemala ...
Abstract. Previous research found that cohesion manipulations (e.g., splitting an object into two parts) may have deleterious effects on infants’ object representation. The present study investigated whether the cohesion principle is relevant only when ...
Knowledge and action – parenting needs of mothers with young children: A qualitative studyAbstract. Parental parenting skills, such as those taught in parenting training courses, are an important approach to ...
Zusammenfassung. Bisherige Arbeiten haben dargelegt, dass sich innerhalb des ersten Lebensjahres ein Wechsel von einer analytischen hin zu einer konfiguralen Verarbeitung von Objekten vollzieht. Dieser Wechsel wird im Wesentlichen als von der Komplexität ...Infants analytic and configural processing of objects: The role of locomotion and manual explorationAbstract. Previous studies have shown that infants’ visual processing of objects is characterized by a developmental shift from an analytical to a ...
Motor Development and Handedness in InfantsAbstract. The relationship between motor development in the first 2 years and handedness of children (N = 367) was investigated. In all, 18 motor milestones were recorded: 14 gross and four manual motor ...
Infants Irrespective of Gender Prefer a Group to an IndividualAbstract. While boys and men prefer to interact in groups, girls and women favor dyads. Although this sex difference is often shown in interactions with other children from the age of 6 years ...
Early childhoodThe strong dependency on the caregiver regarding experiences and behavior leads to difficulties in diagnosing mental health disorders. The classification of mental disorders of children aged 0 to 6 years is presented. The Diagnostic ...
Fetal programming: The influence of prenatal maternal distress on infant development and temperamentAccording to the concept of fetal programming, prenatal distress has long-lasting consequences on the health of the offspring later in life. The ...
Retrospective Evaluation of Interdisciplinary Follow-Up Care for Prenatally Drug-Exposed InfantsAbstract. Prenatal drug exposure is a risk factor for organic, neurological, mental, and developmental disorders. It is an important ...
Mental Disorders in Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers – DC: 0 – 5Abstract. With a prevalence of 10 – 15 %, psychological disorders are common among infants, toddlers, and preschool children. They are heterogeneous and encompass externalizing disorders ...
Clinical Diagnostics in Preschool-Aged Children (0 – 6 years): Challenges and Praxis ParametersAbstract. Recent studies indicate that many children in preschool age, defined as the period up to the age of 6 years, meet diagnostic ...
Diagnosis of Mental Disorders in Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, Using the DC: 0 – 5 Classification System: A ReviewAbstract. Mental disorders are common among young children, undergo rapid developmental changes, and have specific age-dependent ...
Mental Disorders in Young Children: Differences Between the DC: 0 – 5 and ICD-10 Classification SystemsAbstract. The DC: 0 – 5TM: Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood: Zero to Three (DC: 0 – ...