Differential longitudinal effects of frequent sweetened food consumption at different exposure ages on child cognitive, language, and motor development.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence reveals frequent sugar consumption worsens cognition in animal models, and similar effects on child development are probable. We aimed to investigate the influence of sweetened foods (SFs) on child developmental trajectories.

Methods

The prospective cohort recruited 3-month-old children in Taiwan from 1st April 2016 to 30th June 2017. Developmental inventories including cognitive, language, and motor domains, were measured at the age of 3-,12-, 24-, and 36 months old via in-person interviews. We constructed latent growth models with covariates to estimate the influence of SFs on child development.

Results

Ultimately, 4782 children (50.7% boys) were included in the statistical analysis. In the cognitive domain, consumption at one year of age signifi

SUBMITTER: Tsai ZT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10847876 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature