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. 2001 Sep;55(9):801-4.
doi: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601229.

An association between chronic undernutrition and educational test scores in Vietnamese children

A Hall  1 , L N Khanh, T H Son, N Q Dung, R G Lansdown, D T Dar, N T Hanh, H Moestue, H H Khoi, D A Bundy; Partnership for Child Development
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An association between chronic undernutrition and educational test scores in Vietnamese children

A Hall et al. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2001 Sep.

Abstract

Objective: To examine the association between results of educational tests and the anthropometric status of schoolchildren.

Design: Cross-sectional data collected during the baseline survey of a randomised trial.

Setting: Eighty-one primary schools in three districts of northern Vietnam.

Subjects: A total of 3055 schoolchildren enrolled in class 3 and born in 1990.

Main outcome measures: Tests of mathematics and Vietnamese language developed not to show floor or ceiling effects, and Z-scores of height-for-age, weight-for-age and weight-for-height.

Results: After controlling for age, sex, district and school the results of test scores in both mathematics and Vietnamese were significantly negatively correlated with Z-scores of height-for-age (P<0.001) and weight-for-age (P<0.001), but not with weight-for-height (P=0.75).

Conclusions: A cross-sectional negative association was observed in Vietnamese primary school children between indicators of chronic undernutrition and tests of educational achievement.

Sponsorship: The study was funded by donors to the Partnership for Child Development including the Rockefeller Foundation and the World Bank.

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