Effects of weaning biscuits on the nutritional profile and the cognitive development in preschool children

Table 5 Cognitive Development of the selected children

	Percentage of children
Criteria	Group I		Group II		Group III		Group IV
	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A
1. Knows full name and sex	60	62	59	100	50	89	53	85
2. Uses short sentences (3-4 words)	61	65	62	100	61	85	60	79
3. Recognizes some shapes and colours	59	61	58	100	60	83	62	88
4. Arranges 3 cubes	60	64	62	98	62	80	59	72
5. Follows a short series of direction	50	52	59	92	55	82	52	75
6. Reproduces a circle	50	51	60	90	59	81	58	70
7. Sting heads of large holes with no effort	19	21	20	48	21	40	18	35
8. Understands in, on under	54	58	56	98	55	75	52	72
9. Loves to listen to stories	59	68	48	92	50	88	51	80
10. Develops speech using 'I' and 'Me'	58	60	50	90	51	75	50	72
11. Imitates animal sounds	55	61	51	92	52	90	54	84
12. Identifies objects as same	50	57	55	94	54	88	52	85
13. Folds a paper horizontally	10	12	15	42	11	20	13	29

ISSN: 1824-7288