The Relationship between Obesity and Cognitive Performance in Children: A Longitudinal Study

The relationship between obesity and academic outcomes remains unclear. We evaluated the association between obesity and cognitive performance in US children. We analyzed two nationally representative prospective cohorts of children in the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, ages 2 through 8...

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