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Childhood meat consumption

Childhood meat consumption has been studied in 1 paper since 2026: 1 observational study in people; 1 in the past year. The newest story, Oct 20, 2026: “Childhood meat intake linked to better late-life thinking”.

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“those who ate meat about once a month, once a week and almost daily had higher MMSE scores”
Association of childhood meat consumption with late-life cognitive function: mediation by adult education and moderation by parental literacyFrontiers in public health2026doi:10.3389/fpubh.2026.1878281

None of its findings points the other way.

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau and 4 more
  • Humans1

What is Childhood meat consumption linked with?

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Studies link Childhood meat consumption with 2 measures, most often mild cognitive impairment (1 study) and mini-Mental State Examination score (1).

Mild cognitive impairment

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1 study

  1. Childhood meat consumption is associated with mild cognitive impairment in humans (Monthly, weekly, and almost daily consumption: OR 0.84 (95% CI 0.71–1.00), 0.55 (0.45–0.66), and 0.31 (0.22–0.42), respectively).

    “lower odds of MCI [OR (95% CI): 0.84 (0.71-1.00), 0.55 (0.45-0.66) and 0.31 (0.22-0.42)], respectively.”

    HumansCompared with childhood meat consumption never or about once a year; adjusted for sex, age, and parental literacyalmost daily during childhoodn = 8,865

    Childhood meat intake linked to better late-life thinking

    Frontiers in public health

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Mini-Mental State Examination score

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1 study

  1. Childhood meat consumption is associated with mini-Mental State Examination score in humans (Monthly, weekly, and almost daily consumption: β 0.33 (95% CI 0.17–0.49), 0.83 (0.68–0.99), and 1.13 (0.93–1.32), respectively).

    “those who ate meat about once a month, once a week and almost daily had higher MMSE scores”

    HumansCompared with childhood meat consumption never or about once a year; adjusted for sex, age, and parental literacyalmost daily during childhoodn = 8,865

    Childhood meat intake linked to better late-life thinking

    Frontiers in public health

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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.

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