PIG OUT & END UP A FATHEAD
BEING obese is bad for a child’s brain as well as their physical health.
Higher weight and body mass index before adolescence are associated with poor brain health.
Researchers saw structural brain changes in overweight boys and girls aged nine and 10, including “significant impairment” to the integrity of the white matter.
Simone Kaltenhauser, of Yale School of Medicine, said: “It is striking that these changes were visible early on during childhood.
“Our study showed higher weight and BMI z-scores in nine- and 10-year-olds were linked to changes in macrostructures, microstructures and functional connectivity that worsened brain health.”