Annotated Bibliography on Child Development and Nutrition

This assignment provides an annotated bibliography on the topic of child development and nutrition, highlighting the importance of proper nourishment for children in poorer countries. The four sources used are credible journal articles that discuss the effects of maternal and child undernutrition, stunted growth, and the need for integrated child development and nutrition interventions. The methodology employed is quantitative research, which provides a scientific basis for understanding the impact of nutrition on child development.

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Introduction
The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between the child development
and nutrition. The child development has some serious issues with the proper nutrition. If the
children are not supplied with the proper nutrition they will not be able to develop properly. In
this context, the parents will also have to be very much aware of the facts that are related in the
context of the child development. It is the responsibility of the parents to supply the children
with the proper nutrients according to their age and health. The socio-economic standing is very
much important in this context as well. The parents have to be well aware of all these things
because children are completely dependent on their parents in their early years. In this paper,
four sources will be discussed with the annotated bibliography. This is why it is extremely
important for the parents to know about the important things.
Annotated Bibliography
Source no. 1
Grantham‐McGregor, S.M., Fernald, L.C., Kagawa, R. and Walker, S., 2014. Effects of
integrated child development and nutrition interventions on child development and nutritional
status. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1308(1), pp.11-32.
This source has been written by Sally M. Grantham-McGregor, Lia C.H. Fernald, Rose
M.C. Kagawa and Susan Kagawa. This source had been published in the Annals of the New York
Academy of Sciences. The publication date of this article was on 4th November in the year 2013
(Grantham‐McGregor et al. 2014).
This source journal article can be taken as a very credible source indeed. The topic has
been very well discussed and the important things have been discussed as well. The simulation of

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health and nutrition services has been described in this journal article properly (Grantham‐
McGregor et al. 2014).
The proper methodologies have been used in this source article as well. The
methodologies have been used in this journal by conducting the researches on the children. The
quality control mechanisms have been discussed over in this journal article as well. The effect of
the malnutrition among the children has been very important as well. The benefits and
disadvantages of the large scale mechanisms are talked about as well (Grantham‐McGregor et al.
2014).
In this journal article the qualitative methodology has been used as well. The trials have
been arranged due to the growth of the children. The children have been tested and the need for
improving their health conditions has been discussed as well (Grantham‐McGregor et al. 2014).
The peer reviewed journals have been used and tools for the quantitative studies had been used
for the conducting the secondary research.
The early childhood development has been given the most important focus in this journal
article. The children from the poorer communities have been the major victims of this
malnutrition. The simulation of weight gain has been dealt with for the improvemenmt in the
child health.
Source no. 2
Black, M.M., Pérez-Escamilla, R. and Fernandez Rao, S., 2015. Integrating Nutrition and Child
Development Interventions: Scientific Basis, Evidence of Impact, and Implementation
Considerations–Advances in Nutrition, 6(6), pp.852-859.

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This journal article had been published in the month of November in 2015. The name of
this journal is the Integrating Nutrition and Child Development Interventions: Scientific Basis,
Evidence of Impact, and Implementation Considerations. It had been published in the
internationally reviewed journal Advances in Nutrition. The authors of this journal article were
Maureen M Black, Rafael Perez-Escamilla and Sylvia Fernandez Rao (Black, Pérez-Escamilla
and Rao 2015).
This source is very much credible as this internationally acknowledged. The important
issues in this journal article that have been discussed in this article are the development of the
child health, reducing the poverty in many countries. The importance of linear growth among the
children, their cognitive development has been discussed as well (Black, Pérez-Escamilla and
Rao 2015).
It is very important to know the child development programs have to be conducted in
order to focus on the adult health as well. The socio-economic conditions of the country will also
have to be developed as well. The integrated nutrition strategies will have to be implemented
properly to attain better outcomes.
There are many biological and environmental threats for the children in the modern
world. These factors are very important for the development of the child health through
providing the proper nutrition. These essential factors will have to be discussed for the
improvement of the society as well (Black, Pérez-Escamilla and Rao 2015). The children will
have to be enrolled in the primary education system where they can get the advantage of having
nutritional food provided by the concerned governments.

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The low and middle class income families suffer the threats of poor health conditions
among their children. In this article the secondary research has been conducted with the
quantitative methodology using the children from the poor communities and seeing their impact
on the health of the children.
Source no. 3
Ruel, M.T., Alderman, H. and Maternal and Child Nutrition Study Group, 2013. Nutrition-
sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving
maternal and child nutrition?. The Lancet, 382(9891), pp.536-551.
This journal article has been taken as a credible resource for the understanding of the
topic of the child development and education. It is very important to understand that the child
development and nutrition has been considered as one of the important things for the
improvement of the children in the early years (Ruel, Alderman and Maternal and Child
Nutrition Study Group 2013).
This journal article source had been published in the year 2013 in the month of August. It
is required that the nutrition development programs should be taken up so that the children could
be supplied with the proper nutrients. Some of the important things that have to be kept in mind
are the safety of society and the safety of the children at the first place.
The secondary research has been taken up here for the best practice. The peer reviewed
and internationally acclaimed journal articles have been considered to write this article. This is
credible and the authors are Dr. Marie T Ruel and Harold Alderman. The poor service quality in
some of the areas in developing countries has given the rise to the malnutrition among the
children (Ruel, Alderman and Maternal and Child Nutrition Study Group 2013).

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The schools in different areas have to implement some school education nutrition
programs properly. As the younger children are exposed to some serious illnesses, they should be
provided with the proper food and health nutrients. This would improve the health quality of the
children to large extents. The nutrition-sensitivity programs should also be implemented as well.
The goals for improving the nutritional quality should also be achieved.
Source no. 4
Black, R.E., Victora, C.G., Walker, S.P., Bhutta, Z.A., Christian, P., De Onis, M., Ezzati, M.,
Grantham-McGregor, S., Katz, J., Martorell, R. and Uauy, R., 2013. Maternal and child
undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries. The
lancet, 382(9890), pp.427-451.
This source for the journal article on the importance on the child development and
nutrition has been taken up for many reasons. This article has been published in the year2013.
The authors of this journal are Prof. Robert E Black, Prof Cesar G Victoria, Prof Susan P
Walker, Prof Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Prof Parul Christian, Mercdes de Onis, Prof Majid Ezzati, Prof
Sally Gtantham-McGregor, Ptof Joanne Katz, Prof. Reynaldo Martorell and Prof. Ricardo Uauy.
(Black et al. 2013).
One of the major issues brought up in this journal article is the lack of maternal and child
nutrition in the countries that are still belong to the lower income families. The under nutrition in
the various countries have been a very important thing for the downward condition in health for
many people (Black et al. 2013). The impact of stunted growth has been a common incident in
many cases for the children.

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This source article can be taken as a credible source for displaying the different things for
the malnutrition and child development in many ways. Children are deeply affected by the
malnutrition and ill effects of it. It has also been discussed in this article that the deficiency of the
Vitamin A and Zinc could result in the death of children.
The information has been collected from the journals and other important secondary
resources. The secondary research has been adopted here. The methodology that has been used
here is the quantitative methodology (Black et al. 2013).
Conclusion
This paper can be concluded by saying that it has presented the annotated bibliography on
the subject of the child development and nutrition and its effects on the society and economy of
the poor countries. Four sources have been used in this paper for the annotated bibliography
section. The four credible sources have been taken from the various journal articles which have
been acclaimed internationally. These articles have been described properly. The credibility of
the authors has been discussed along with the details about the authors. The importance of the
child development has been portrayed properly as well. This is how the paper has been set up.
The sources present the need for the proper methods for bringing the nourishment for the
children in poorer countries from the socio-economic perspectives.

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References
Black, M.M., Pérez-Escamilla, R. and Fernandez Rao, S., 2015. Integrating Nutrition and Child
Development Interventions: Scientific Basis, Evidence of Impact, and Implementation
Considerations–Advances in Nutrition, 6(6), pp.852-859.
Black, R.E., Victora, C.G., Walker, S.P., Bhutta, Z.A., Christian, P., De Onis, M., Ezzati, M.,
Grantham-McGregor, S., Katz, J., Martorell, R. and Uauy, R., 2013. Maternal and child
undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries. The
lancet, 382(9890), pp.427-451
Grantham‐McGregor, S.M., Fernald, L.C., Kagawa, R. and Walker, S., 2014. Effects of
integrated child development and nutrition interventions on child development and nutritional
status. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1308(1), pp.11-32
Ruel, M.T., Alderman, H. and Maternal and Child Nutrition Study Group, 2013. Nutrition-
sensitive interventions and programmes: how can they help to accelerate progress in improving
maternal and child nutrition?. The Lancet, 382(9891), pp.536-551.