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Early Childhood Investments Substantially Boost Adult Health

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Campbell, Frances, Conti, Gabriella, Heckman, James J., Moon, Seong Hyeok, Pinto, Rodrigo, Pungello, Elizabeth, Pan, Yi·2014·Science

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Look After the Child: Investing in children has been demonstrated to improve their lives, both during the school-age years and afterward, as assessed by outcomes such as employment and income; furthermore, these investments often help those in the most need. Campbell et al. (p. 1478 ) report that these investments can also lead to improved adult health. Results from a randomized and intensive intervention that involved 122 children in four cohorts recruited in the 1970s suggest that full-day child care for the first 5 years of life has produced adults in their 30s with better metabolic and cardiovascular health measures.

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Authors: Campbell, F., Conti, G., Heckman, J. J., Moon, S. H., Pinto, R., Pungello, E., & Pan, Y.
Affiliations: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
University College London (GB)
University College Dublin (IE)
University of Chicago (US)
Corresponding author: Heckman, James J.
ORCID: Conti, Gabriella
Heckman, James J.
Moon, Seong Hyeok
Pinto, Rodrigo
Pan, Yi
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 2014-03-28
Volume: 343
Issue: 6178
Pages: 1478-1485
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.1248429
PMC: PMC4028126
OpenAlex: W2148685658
Cited by: 1,106
References: 106
Citations by year: 2026: 32 · 2025: 87 · 2024: 84 · 2023: 88 · 2022: 92 · 2021: 118 · 2020: 98 · 2019: 104 · 2018: 85 · 2017: 81 · 2016: 103 · 2015: 90 · 2014: 39
FWCI: 98.04
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke
National Institutes of Health (5rc1md004344-02)
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/H021221/1)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (RC1 MD004344, 5RC1MD004344)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R37HD065072, 1R01HD54702, R01HD054702)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Birth, Development, and Health
Social Sciences › Education › Early Childhood Education and Development
Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords: early childhood intervention, Abecedarian Project, adult health, cardiovascular risk factors, metabolic syndrome, systolic blood pressure, disadvantaged children, early-life interventions, long-term health effects, multiple comparisons
MeSH terms: Adult, Blood Preservation, Cardiovascular Diseases, Child, Diet, Female, Health, Humans, Cholesterol, HDL, Male, Biomarkers, Body Mass Index, Metabolic Syndrome, Early Medical Intervention

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