Heavier Babies Do Better in School (perhaps more vitamin D)

Heavier Babies Do Better in School New York Times

A few quotes from New York Times article

• Among the top 5 percent of test scorers in elementary school, one in three weighed at least eight pounds at birth, compared with only one in four of all babies.

• The relationship between birth weight and test scores was present by the time children enrolled in kindergarten and remained fairly constant throughout elementary and middle school.

• Other research has found that children who do better in elementary school are more likely to graduate from college, earn more as adults and live longer.

See also Vitamin D Life

• Preterm infants, kidney, rickets and vitamin D intake: is it time for rewriting the history – Aug 2014

• Higher vitamin D at birth associated with less diabetes and obesity 35 years later – Jan 2014

• Delayed scholastic achievement associated with low vitamin D levels – Aug 2012

• (Stunting OR “low birth weight” OR LBW OR preemie OR preemies OR preterm) 376 items as of Aug 2014,

• Low vitamin D increased probability of low birth weight by 60 percent – meta-analysis June 2012