title: Overweight and obese infants present lower cognitive and motor development scores than normal-weight peers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Compare the cognitive and motor development in overweight/obese infants versus normal-weight peers and investigate the correlation of body weight, body length and body mass index with cognitive and motor development.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a cross-sectional study with 28 overweight/obese infants and 28 normal-weight peers between 6 and 24 months of age. Both groups were evaluated with cognitive and motor scales of the Bayley-III infant development test. The t-test for independent samples was performed to compare the groups, and the Spearman correlation was used to verify the association between variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overweight/obese infants showed lower cognitive and motor composite scores than their normal-weight peers. A significant negative association was found of body weight and body length with cognitive development and of body mass index with motor development.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is the first study that found an effect on both cognitive and motor development in overweight/obese infants when compared with normal-weight peers between 6 and 24 months of age.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Programa Multicêntrico de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas, Sociedade Brasileira de Fisiologia, Diamantina, Brazil. Electronic address: anacristinarcamargos@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Resende
authors.initials: ACR
authors.lastname: Camargos
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Programa Multicêntrico de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas, Sociedade Brasileira de Fisiologia, Diamantina, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vanessa Amaral
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Mendonça
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camila Alves de
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Katherine Simone Caires
authors.initials: KSC
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Programa Multicêntrico de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas, Sociedade Brasileira de Fisiologia, Diamantina, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Rodrigues
authors.initials: ACR
authors.lastname: Lacerda
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D009765:Obesity; D050177:Overweight
keywords: Child development; Cognition; Infant; Motor skills; Obesity; Overweight