Pediatrics reports that children with  a history of slow weight gain in inafancy was not associated with with delayed neurodevelopmental skills as determined by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test and and Wide Range Assessment of Visual Motor Abilities in healthy, full term 3 year olds. 

Reference:  Belfort, Mandy B., Rifas-Shiman, Sheryl L., Rich-Edwards, Janet W., Kleinman, Ken P., Oken, Emily, Gillman, Matthew W.

Infant Growth and Child Cognition at 3 Years of Age

Pediatrics 2008 122: e689-e695

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