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Lead author of the study, Meghan Slining, nutrition doctoral student at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill stated, “This is concerning because children with motor skill delays may be less physically active and thus less likely to explore the environment beyond arm’s reach.”

Details of the study
In an effort to determine how parenting and infant feeding styles relate to infant diet and the risk of babies becoming obese the researchers undertook an “Infant Care, Feeding and Risk of Obesity Study.”