Lack of protein leads to a delay in the development of children's brains

The chronic lack of protein contributes to the delay in the development of the brain of the child, the researchers reported. The researchers conducted a study in India, where it. The highest rate of malnutrition among children Is underweight, according to the World Health Organization from 1990 to 1997 more than half of India's children under 5 years, said Dr. Bhoomika R. Kar University of Allahabad in India. Participating in the study were 20 children with low power and 20-sufficient food. Experts assess the results of the tests show the level of cognitive development. As a result, scientists have found that children who do not get enough to eat, difficulty with tests of attention, memory, visual perception, language and other cognitive functions. The main problem, according to the authors, was that improves with age indicators barely. The difference in test results between the two groups of children aged 5-7 years can not distinguish the difference between the ages of 8-10 years. Not the chronic protein affects the basic cognitive processes, such as the speed of movement, which can be broken with the other nutritional deficiencies, the researchers. This finding confirms the results of many other studies on cognitive impairment in children in India.