Childhood Obesity and School Failure in Disadvantaged Contexts: Effect of a Multidisciplinary Intervention Program

Abstract

In disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, inequalities of opportunities are translated into deficits in several domains of human development. In developed countries, many children are exposed to multiple risk factors (such as poverty, malnutrition, poor heath, and inadequate stimulation in the home environment) that will dramatically affect motor development, cognitive and socio-emotional child, particularly younger than 5 years. Children living in disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds …