Nnyocha gosiri na iji ọgwụ ahụhụ eme ihe n'ụlọ na-emebi mmepe akwara ụmụaka.

 "Ịghọta mmetụta nkeọgwụ ahụhụ ezinụlọ"Ojiji na mmepe moto ụmụaka dị oke mkpa n'ihi na iji ọgwụ nje eme ihe n'ụlọ nwere ike ịbụ ihe egwu a na-agbanwe agbanwe," ka Hernandez-Cast, onye dere akwụkwọ mbụ nke ọmụmụ Luo kwuru. "Ịmepụta ihe ndị ọzọ dị nchebe karịa njikwa nje nwere ike ịkwalite mmepe ụmụaka nwere ahụike."
Ndị nchọpụta mere nnyocha ekwentị nke ndị nne 296 nwere ụmụ amụrụ ọhụrụ sitere na otu ndị na-eme ime dị ka Nne na Mmepe nke Ndị Na-akpata Nsogbu Gburugburu Ebe Obibi na Mmekọrịta Mmadụ (MADRES). Ndị nchọpụta ahụ tụlere ojiji ọgwụ nje n'ụlọ mgbe ụmụ ọhụrụ dị ọnwa atọ. Ndị nchọpụta ahụ tụlere mmepe moto zuru oke na nke dị mma nke ụmụ ọhụrụ mgbe ha dị ọnwa isii site na iji ajụjụ gbasara afọ na ọkwa. Ụmụ ọhụrụ ndị nne ha kọrọ na ha na-eji oke na ọgwụ nje n'ụlọ belatara ikike moto nke ukwuu ma e jiri ya tụnyere ụmụ ọhụrụ ndị na-akọghị na ha na-eji ọgwụ nje n'ụlọ. Tracy Bastain
“Anyị amarala kemgbe na ọtụtụ kemịkalụ na-emerụ ụbụrụ na-eto eto,” ka Tracy Bastain, Ph.D., MPH, ọkachamara n'ọrịa na-efe efe gburugburu ebe obibi na onye edemede dị elu nke ọmụmụ ihe ahụ kwuru. “Nke a bụ otu n'ime ọmụmụ ihe mbụ na-enye ihe akaebe na iji ọgwụ nje eme ihe n'ụlọ nwere ike imebi mmepe psychomotor na ụmụ ọhụrụ. Nchọpụta ndị a dị mkpa karịsịa maka ndị nwere nsogbu akụ na ụba, bụ́ ndị na-enwekarị nsogbu ụlọ na-adịghị mma ma na-ekerịta ibu arọ nke ikpughe na kemịkalụ gburugburu ebe obibi na nnukwu ibu arọ nke nsonaazụ ahụike na-adịghị mma.”
Ndị sonyere na otu MADRES bụ ndị a kpọbatara tupu ha eruo izu iri atọ na ụlọọgwụ obodo atọ na-arụkọ ọrụ ọnụ na ụlọọgwụ nkeonwe na ụlọọgwụ ụmụ nwanyị na Los Angeles. Ha bụ ndị nwere obere ego na ndị Hispanic. Milena Amadeus, onye mepụtara usoro nchịkọta data dịka onye nduzi ọrụ nke ọmụmụ MADRES, na-enwe ọmịiko maka ndị nne na-echegbu onwe ha maka ụmụ ha. "Dịka nne ma ọ bụ nna, ọ na-atụkarị egwu mgbe ụmụ gị anaghị agbaso ụzọ uto ma ọ bụ mmepe nkịtị n'ihi na ị na-amalite iche, 'Ha ga-enwe ike iru?' Olee otú nke a ga-esi metụta ọdịnihu ha?" ka Amadeus, onye ejima ya mụrụ tupu izu iri abụọ na isii nke afọ ime ya na mmepe mmegharị ahụ na-egbu oge. "Enwere m ihu ọma inwe mkpuchi. Enwere m ohere ịkpọta ha na oge. Enwere m ohere inyere ha aka itolite n'ụlọ, nke amaghị m ma ọtụtụ n'ime ezinụlọ mmụta anyị hà na-eme otú ahụ," Amadeus gbakwụnyere. onye ejima ya bụ ugbu a dị afọ asaa dị mma. "Aghaghị m ikweta na enyerela m aka ma nwee ihe ùgwù ịnweta enyemaka." Rima Habre na Carrie W. Breton, ndị niile so na Keck School of Medicine nke Mahadum Southern California; Claudia M. Toledo-Corral, Keck School of Medicine na California State University, Northridge; Keck na Ngalaba Psychology na Mahadum Southern California kwadoro nnyocha a. Enyemaka sitere na National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, Southern California Environmental Protection Agency, na Center for Environmental Health Sciences, na Lifespan Developmental Impact Study Approach; ihe ndị metụtara gburugburu ebe obibi na ahụike metabolic na iku ume (LA DREAMERS).