التغذية وعلاقتها بالنمو العقلي للأطفال

This review article tries to investigate the role of nutrition on children’s cognitive development, rehabilitation and treatment. Statistics showed that more than 50 million children were suffering from iron deficiency faced developmental problems, and mental retardation among them. Studies showed that malnutrition may influence the following disorders on the child life: and the development of the child, the health of pregnant mothers, resistancy to physical disorder, school performance.\\r\\nThe article reviews many causes such as which type of cognitive retardation that might cause as a result of malnutrition, is it possible to use a certain kind of nutritional component to improve some cases of mentally disordered children. Finally some recommendations and suggestions for further research on this topic are proposed.