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Jun. 8th, 2003 09:43 pmStudy: Shorter Infants Earn Less in Later Life
British researchers said on Sunday they had found evidence that male babies who grow slowly in their first year have lower incomes in later life.
The results hold true regardless of the socioeconomic status of the child's family, suggesting slow infant growth may be accompanied by hampered brain development, said Professor David Barker, director of the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at Southampton University.
Barker, who presented the findings at the opening in Brighton of the Second World Congress on the Fetal Origins of Adult Disease, said biological processes linked to poor growth seemed to lead to lifelong impairment of cognitive function.
"What is striking about the findings is that although children who are short at any age up to puberty tend to do less well educationally and have lower incomes in later life, most of the action is in the first year," he told Reuters.
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British researchers said on Sunday they had found evidence that male babies who grow slowly in their first year have lower incomes in later life.
The results hold true regardless of the socioeconomic status of the child's family, suggesting slow infant growth may be accompanied by hampered brain development, said Professor David Barker, director of the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit at Southampton University.
Barker, who presented the findings at the opening in Brighton of the Second World Congress on the Fetal Origins of Adult Disease, said biological processes linked to poor growth seemed to lead to lifelong impairment of cognitive function.
"What is striking about the findings is that although children who are short at any age up to puberty tend to do less well educationally and have lower incomes in later life, most of the action is in the first year," he told Reuters.
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