Centre for Longitudinal Studies

Early childhood cognition and its link to dementia

This infographic was designed by Adil as part of the 2024 Spring School. The infographic is based on findings from research which used data from NCDS and BCS70 to examine the link between BMI and dementia.

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Chiesa, S., Norris, Y., Garfield, V., Richards, M., and Hughes, A. (2024) Early-life cumulative exposure to excess bodyweight and midlife cognitive function: longitudinal analysis in three British birth cohorts. The Lancet Healthy Longevity.