Early-life responsive parenting intervention yields lasting but diminishing benefits on child weight, finds study

Early life-responsive parenting can lead to healthier weight outcomes for children in their earliest years, with effects lasting but diminishing into middle childhood, according to a new study. Conducted by the Penn State College of Medicine and the Center for Childhood Obesity Research at Penn State University, this research is part of the INSIGHT study, a long-term interdisciplinary collaboration focusing on preventing obesity during the first two years after birth.

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