The period in which a kid's brain stops consuming so much fuel comes with the risk of becoming obese, scientists hypothesize.
A child's brain uses almost half of the body's energy in the early years of life, and scientists are now hypothesizing that the period in which a kid's brain stops consuming so much fuel comes with the risk of becoming obese.
gain weight in later childhood. At this time, the amount of power the developing brain needs is reduced., the researchers investigated whether the way our brain develops poses a risk for excess weight gain, alongside well-explored factors such as diet and exercise. Changes in how much energy an individual child's brain uses at this energy-gobbling peak, how long it lasts and when it starts and stops could change how much energy is burned and how their body composition changes with age, the authors argue.
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