Does Improved Growth Mean Improved Neurobehavioral Development?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
² Department of Nutrition, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (LML).

Comment

Elizabeth L Prado et al. Adv Nutr. 2019.

. 2019 Jul 1;10(4):725-726.

doi: 10.1093/advances/nmy126.

¹ Department of Nutrition, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
² Department of Nutrition, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (LML).

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