Clumsy children: Increased risk of obesity as an adult?
A Swedish / English study suggests that overweight people in the worst known motor coordination rudimentary already in childhood. Possibly, the awkwardness of some children an indication of an increased risk of obesity and cognitive problems in the future. Previously it was assumed that the obesity risk for mental problems at the age increases.
The scientists led by Dr. Walter Osika and Dr. Scott Montgomery examined the data from over 11,000 British (under the since 1958 in Britain’s National Child Development Study), such as size, weight, body mass index, information about their motor skills and other test results — At the age of seven, eleven and 33 years. Seven-year-old with poor coordination were therefore compared to normal motor gifted children twice as high risk, later to become overweight. Unerforscht remained the link between obesity and awkwardness and whether children might be more cumbersome bewegungsarme occupations prefer.