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Early Childhood Investments Substantially Boost Adult Health
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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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Metadata
- 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.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2014-03-28
- Volume
- 343
- Issue
- 6178
- Pages
- 1478-1485
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- 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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