Numerous studies have linked childhood obesity to a host of potential health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and asthma. While these increased risks may mostly be obvious, a new study suggests that obesity at an early stage in life could also have an impact on something less expected — the cognitive development of young children.
In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Obesity, researchers from Brown University focused mainly on the first few years of a child’s life when noting that there might be an association between a child’s weight in their first two years and their cognitive abilities once they become old enough to attend school. Based on the findings, children aged 2-years-old and below who were “on the threshold of obesity” or overweight at that time had lower scores in perceptual reasoning and working memory at ages five and eight, as compared to children of the same age who weren’t overweight.
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