The Education Exchange: Early Nutrition is Essential to Brain Development and Intelligence

The nutrients received in the prenatal months to age two are vital to future success in school, career

Photo of Sue HortonSue Horton, Professor Emerita at the University of Waterloo, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Horton’s career-long research on the effects of malnutrition on intelligence.

For more, read “Malnutrition: Global economic losses attributable to malnutrition 1900-2000 and projections to 2050,” co-written with Richard H. Steckel.

Horton’s and Steckel’s work was also recently cited in The Economist.

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