Young children up to two years of age who are on the threshold of being overweight or obese tend to test lower at ages 5 and 8 for perceptual reasoning, working memory and overall IQ, compared to same-age lean children, according to new research published in the journal Obesity.
“The first few years of life are critical for cognition development, and we investigated whether early-life adiposity has an impact on cognitive abilities later in life,” said Dr. Nan Li, lead author and a...
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/05/27/weight-issues-for-youngest-kids-tied-to-later-deficits-in-working-memory-reasoning-iq/135700.html
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