Posted: May 06, 2011 4:50 am
Mr.Samsa wrote:I wonder why they didn't discuss the effects of the mother having a poor diet during pregnancy, as that can severely affect memory and learning, and it would surely be an issue when looking at families from low socioeconomic backgrounds. For example: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17688181
Whilst I don't deny that an environment without any kind of enrichment will produce learning and memory deficits, it would have been interesting to see how much is caused by what, or even whether malnutrition during pregnancy is even an issue here. Interestingly, the effects found in the article I linked to can be reversed through environmental enrichment and exercise, if given early enough...
Nutrition certainly isn't an issue in the US unless obesity is linked to low IQ. Low IQ linked to nutrition is normally at near starvation levels I thought.