The world's first study of the impact of childhood fitness and obesity on cognition in middle age, followed over 1200 people who were children in 1985 for over 30 years, has found that better ...

Exposure to lead-contaminated drinking water in childhood was tied to lower levels of cognition in late adulthood, U.S. data showed. Older adults who lived as children in cities with lead pipes and ...

Self-reported feelings of frequent loneliness or lack of close friends as a child or teenager were associated with greater likelihood of cognitive decline and incident dementia in middle-to-late ...

A landmark study from researchers in Australia has established the first significant links between childhood obesity and cognitive ability in midlife, with the authors suggesting this relationship may ...

BackgroundChildren who have been exposed to public (out-of-home) care experience a range of negative outcomes by late adolescence and early adulthood. The longer-term impact of childhood care is, ...