A troubling new study is raising fresh concerns about the hidden dangers of ultraprocessed foods after researchers found that toddlers who consume large amounts of these products are more likely to suffer reduced intelligence by the time they reach school age.
Researchers from universities in Brazil and the United States set out to determine whether eating habits at just two years old could predict cognitive ability later in childhood.
The results of the study, led byDr. Glaucia Treichel Heller, werepublishedin theBritish Journal of Nutrition.
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The scientists relied on data from the 2015 Pelotas Birth Cohort.
The long-running project monitors the health and development of children born in Pelotas, Brazil.
More than 3,400 children were included in the analysis.
At age two, parents answered detailed questions about diet.
At age seven, psychologists evaluated intelligence and cognitive performance using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children.
Source: SGT Report
