Does poor nutrition in children cause poor motor development and subsequent low activity level, apathy and lack of interest in the environment?

It is not out of the norm for a toddler’s brain to grow rapidly and be utterly sensitive to an inadequate supply of nutrients. Pascual Leone et al which is a mechanism that supports learning and development in the human, if a nutrient deficiency diet is given to the child this may lead to clinical disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder, depression generalized anxiety disorder and eating disorder and obesity. For the brain to build cognitive skills such as memory and attention it is essential for nutrients such as choline,folic acid,iron,zinc,iodine,selenium,vitamin A together with fats such as gangliosides and docosahexaenoic acid low intake on such nutrients is likely to cause deficiency in children’s mental development

It is especially important to giver toddlers sufficient nutrients and to assure they lack any deficiency disorder; A study that was conducted by the “Journal of Nutrition” proved that undernourished children below the age of 3 years had a 16 percent chance to fail at least one class in school and joined school later than other children that were well nourished. Moreover, a United Nation Standing Committee showed that poor nutrition is likely to be related to poor academic performances and low mental capacity.When a child does not get the correct amount and proportions of all the required nutrients it could possibly cause lethargy where the child lacks energy and a general failure to thrive, this may cause the child to miss days in school and cause low concentration levels eventually causing failure in academics and low IQ.

In Canada University of Alberta researchers evaluated the eating habits of students and found that students who ate adequate amounts of fruit, vegetables, protein and fibre with less calorie intake from fat did better on their literacy tests than those students eating foods high in salt and statured fat.This study vindicates the importance of an overall quality diet with the right amounts proportions of all 7 key nutrients.

Does poor nutrition have direct effect on children’s central nervous

system?

The nervous system is the most nutritionally sensitive part of our body, feelings associated with poor nutrition such as fuzzy thinking, absent mindedness, mental confusion, nervousness and anxiety could quite possibly turn into chronic problems such as insomnia, depression and memory loss.70 percent of our brain is water and 60 percent of the dry weight area is made out of fat,Drinking at least half an ounce of water per a pound of body weight every day is paramount to avoid hydrogen fats and trans fatty acids that come from processed and fried foods,Other than fats the brain requires amino acids from proteins to build neurotransmitters.Lack of adequate amino acids will significantly affect the body’s reaction time and cause confusion.The brain also needs vitamin B to assist with the development and formation of neurotransmitters such as dopamine, epinephrine and serotonin,The brain also takes in much more sugar compared to any other organ and is taken indirectly from the bloodstream without the need for insulin, the sugar found in your blood affects the amount that reaches to your brain;too much sugar overstimulates the brain  which can lead to agitation,nervousness, irritability together with insomnia whilst too little sugar could cause confusion irritability ,shakiness,fatigue and hypoglycemia. Proteins and fats with complex carbohydrates also assist to stabilize blood sugarsCurcumin found in foods such as turmeric have shown to elevate levels of molecules important for daily functions conducted by the brain such as brain-derived neurotrophic is a neurotrophin considered beneficial for promoting recovery after neurologic insult.A deficiency in thiamin or rather vitamin B1 can interfere with the production of certain neurotransmitter amino acids like glutamate together with aspartate together as glucose metabolism;Vitamin B1 deficiency may be consequential to the central nervous system causing irritability, loss of memory and permanent brain injury

Could nourishment of the children in their first fifteen years influence their academic pursuit?

Poverty often causes malnutrition which the follows up with causing an array of psychological predicaments such as illness,brain damage, delayed physical growth, delayed development of motor skills and delayed intellectual development.Malnutrition henceforth interferes with the delayed intellectual growth through tampering with the overall health as well as the child’s energy level, the rate of motor development and rate of growth.Low energy levels caused by lack of b12 and b6  vitamins in the diet of a child can cause the child to be inactive in school and lack interest in learning moreover malnutrition in children leads to poor results in school performance and as undernourished children grow there is a higher risk of developing diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular problems which could cause performance issues in school.Diseases such as diabetes which could be caused by malnutrition  require ongoing treatment regimen and if the appropriate  provisions are not made blood glucose levels that are not kept in their target range may cause hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia which may affect the cognitive function and further school performance.Moreover, fluctuations in blood glucose levels may affect the student’s ability to concentrate and learn,Malnutrition also affects brain functions during the formative years of infancy and childhood, lacking proper nutrients the brain fails to develop properly and children are more likely to test for low in school and overall intelligence levels.The immune system also gets simply compromised  to the young one is vulnerable to infectious diseases which could cause them to miss days of learning.

Do children that are well nourished perform better academically than malnourished ones? 

Brazils most serious social problem is poor academic performance in the 1990s it wa clear that 50% percent of the children enrolled in the first grades of the elementary school failed all over the country, the problem begun in the 1960s a period when lower class citizens begun to have access to public schools studies at that time show that  poor academic performance primarily resulted from students from financially unstable backgrounds due to deficiencies in their biophysicological development

the lower classes children fail in school because they have cognitive deficit, motor, perceptive and emotional development delay, and language deficiencies. The deficiencies pointed out would be the causes of the poor performance by those children in the school learnings, in the intelligence tests and also of the absence of behaviours expected by the school