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Sally Grantham-McGregor
Researcher at University College London
Publications - 214
Citations - 25805
Sally Grantham-McGregor is an academic researcher from University College London. The author has contributed to research in topics: Child development & Population. The author has an hindex of 69, co-authored 206 publications receiving 22645 citations. Previous affiliations of Sally Grantham-McGregor include University of the West Indies & University of London.
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Maternal and child undernutrition and overweight in low-income and middle-income countries
Robert E. Black,Cesar G. Victora,Susan P. Walker,Zulfiqar A Bhutta,Parul Christian,Mercedes de Onis,Majid Ezzati,Sally Grantham-McGregor,Sally Grantham-McGregor,Joanne Katz,Reynaldo Martorell,Ricardo Uauy +11 more
TL;DR: It is estimated that undernutrition in the aggregate--including fetal growth restriction, stunting, wasting, and deficiencies of vitamin A and zinc along with suboptimum breastfeeding--is a cause of 3·1 million child deaths annually or 45% of all child deaths in 2011.
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Developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries
Sally Grantham-McGregor,Yin Bun Cheung,Santiago Cueto,Paul Glewwe,Linda Richter,Barbara J. Strupp +5 more
TL;DR: Two factors with available worldwide data—the prevalence of early childhood stunting and the number of people living in absolute poverty—are identified as indicators of poor development and show that both indicators are closely associated with poor cognitive and educational performance in children.
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Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course
Maureen M. Black,Maureen M. Black,Susan P. Walker,Lia C. H. Fernald,Christopher T Andersen,Ann M. DiGirolamo,Chunling Lu,Dana Charles McCoy,Günther Fink,Yusra Ribhi Shawar,Jeremy Shiffman,Amanda E. Devercelli,Quentin Wodon,Emily Vargas-Barón,Sally Grantham-McGregor +14 more
TL;DR: Recent scientific progress and global commitments to early childhood development are examined, with new neuroscientific evidence linking early adversity and nurturing care with brain development and function throughout the life course.
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Inequality in early childhood: risk and protective factors for early child development
Susan P. Walker,Theodore D. Wachs,Sally Grantham-McGregor,Maureen M. Black,Charles A. Nelson,Sandra L. Huffman,Helen Baker-Henningham,Susan M. Chang,Jena D. Hamadani,Betsy Lozoff,Julie Meeks Gardner,Christine Powell,Atif Rahman,Linda Richter +13 more
TL;DR: The goal is to provide information to help the setting of priorities for early child development programmes and policies to benefit the world's poorest children and reduce persistent inequalities.
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A Review of Studies on the Effect of Iron Deficiency on Cognitive Development in Children
TL;DR: It remains uncertain whether the poor development of iron-deficient infants is due to poor social backgrounds or irreversible damage or is remediable with iron treatment, and RCT of iron treatment are warranted especially in younger children.