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| CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (UPI) -- Chubby infants may look adorable, but U.S. researchers warn baby fat may slow motor skills development.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found infants with rolls of fat under their skin were 2.32 times as likely as babies without fat rolls to have low scores on the Psychomotor Development Index test.
Overweight infants may have future health problems, but the researchers say their study found infant-weight status may have an immediate consequence -- overweight infants are more likely to take longer than thinner babies to crawl and walk.
"This is concerning because children with motor skill delays may be less physically active and thus less likely to explore the environment beyond arm's reach," lead author Meghan Slining, a doctoral student in nutrition, says in a statement.
The researchers visited 217 African-American first-time mothers and their babies in their homes from 2003-2007 and weighed and measured the children at each visit. They researchers also assessed the motor skills of the children at 3, 6, 9, 12 and 18 months.
The findings are published online in The Journal of Pediatrics.
Copyright 2010 by United Press International
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| READING, England (UPI) -- British, Dutch and U.S. researchers say early bonds between children and their mothers affect behavior later in a child's life.
The researchers found behavioral problems such as aggression or hostility in children -- especially boys -- are more likely in children insecurely attached to their mothers when young.
"The results suggest that the effects of attachment are reliable and relatively persistent over time," study lead author Pasco Fearon of the University of Reading in England said in a statement. "More specifically, children who seem unable to maintain a coherent strategy for coping with separation are at greatest risk for later behavior problems and aggression."
Fearon and colleagues conducted a review of 69 studies involving 6,000 children age 12 and younger dealing with attachment theory -- in which children who form secure attachments with responsive and comforting caregivers have fewer behavioral problems than inconsistently treated, often discouraged or rejected children who have formed insecure attachments.
The meta-analysis was published in Child Development.
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