Frontiers in Public Health
Childhood meat intake linked to better late-life thinking
Participants reporting almost daily childhood meat consumption scored 1.13 points higher on a later-life cognitive test than those reporting none or about once yearly.Participants reporting almost daily childhood meat consumption scored 1.13 points higher on a later-life cognitive test than those reporting none or about once yearly.
Cross-sectional · 8,865 peoplePopulations
Who was studied8,865 middle-aged and older adults in Guangzhou
What changedThinking scores were higher among adults eating meat almost daily in childhood than among those eating it never or annually
The catchUnmeasured childhood household wealth could explain the link between meat intake and thinking scores