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Revista Cubana de Pediatría
Print version ISSN 0034-7531On-line version ISSN 1561-3119
Abstract
GAROFALO GOMEZ, Nicolás; GOMEZ GARCIA, Ana María; VARGAS DIAZ, José and NOVOA LOPEZ, Lucía. Nutrition repercussion related to neurodevelopment and the neuropsychiatric health of children and adolescents. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2009, vol.81, n.2. ISSN 0034-7531.
Malnutrition affects to millions of children in world and has a significant repercussion on nervous system, where it provokes structural and functional alterations. Present paper tries to details the role of an appropriate nutrition in neurodevelopment, and to describe some of malnutrition consequences in this process.
Keywords : Neuropsychiatric affections; nutrition deficiencies; malnutrition; clinical manifestations; neurodevelopment; children and adolescents; nutrients; central nervous system.