Hacker News with Generative AI: Childhood Development

Half of US adults exposed to harmful lead levels as kids (2022) (apnews.com)
Over 170 million U.S.-born people who were adults in 2015 were exposed to harmful levels of lead as children, a new study estimates.
Health, Lead Poisoning, Childhood Development, Public Health, United States
9 points by segasaturn 17 days ago | 2 comments
Diabetes risk soars for adults who had a sweet tooth as kids (nature.com)
It’s tough news to hear on Halloween: a sugary diet in the first two years of life is linked to a higher risk of diabetes and high blood pressure decades later, according to an analysis of UK sugar rationing in the 1950s.
Health, Diabetes, Childhood Development, Nutrition, Research
45 points by rntn 20 days ago | 64 comments
The Marshmallow Test does not reliably predict adult functioning (wiley.com)
Psychology, Research, Childhood Development
519 points by superposeur 111 days ago | 400 comments
Childhood Loneliness Linked to Later Psychosis (neurosciencenews.com)
Mental Health, Childhood Development, Psychology, Research
82 points by bookofjoe 223 days ago | 73 comments