The Effect of Nutrition on Children's Development of Gross Motor Skills

Abstract

Childhood is a crucial time in life that needs to be treated with great care. Physical growth and psychomotor development are two areas of development that are growing and developing extremely quickly at this time. Nutritional variables are a significant aspect that impacts children's growth and development. The purpose of this literature review's findings is to determine whether a child's gross motor development and nutritional status are related. A review of the literature is the research method employed. The PICOS framework is employed in the article search technique. Dimensions, Researchgate, and Google Scholar are the databases that are used. By hand-selecting pertinent publications based on the study question, the search results were restricted to the years 2017 to 2021. The terms "nutritional status" and "gross motor" are employed.