Overweight and obese infants present lower cognitive and motor development scores than normal-weight peers
| Autor: | Camila Alves de Andrade, Vanessa Mendonça, Ana Cristina R. Lacerda, Ana Cristina Resende Camargos, Katherine Simone Caires Oliveira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study Overweight Body Mass Index 03 medical and health sciences Child Development Cognition 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Developmental and Educational Psychology Cognitive development medicine Humans Obesity 030212 general & internal medicine Motor skill Body Weight Infant medicine.disease Child development Body Height Clinical Psychology Cross-Sectional Studies Motor Skills Case-Control Studies Child Preschool Physical therapy Female medicine.symptom Psychology Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | Research in Developmental Disabilities. 59:410-416 |
| ISSN: | 0891-4222 |
| Popis: | Aims Compare the cognitive and motor development in overweight/obese infants versus normal-weight peers and investigate the correlation of body weight, body length and body mass index with cognitive and motor development. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study with 28 overweight/obese infants and 28 normal-weight peers between 6 and 24 months of age. Both groups were evaluated with cognitive and motor scales of the Bayley-III infant development test. The t -test for independent samples was performed to compare the groups, and the Spearman correlation was used to verify the association between variables. Results Overweight/obese infants showed lower cognitive and motor composite scores than their normal-weight peers. A significant negative association was found of body weight and body length with cognitive development and of body mass index with motor development. Conclusion This is the first study that found an effect on both cognitive and motor development in overweight/obese infants when compared with normal-weight peers between 6 and 24 months of age. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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