Delayed gratification or deferred gratification is an animal behavior that can be linked to delay discounting, ecological factors, individual fitness, and neurobiological mechanisms.
As the World Bank points out, "undernutrition" in young children has been linked to delayed growth and motor development, lower I.Q.'s, behavioral problems and decreased attention, deficient learning and lower educational achievement.
Malnutrition has been linked to delayed physical, psychosocial, and cognitive development and is now recognized as a major contributor to the growing problem of overweight and obesity in the child and adolescent population.
Primarily, complications have been linked to delayed treatment [6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12], fracture type and patient age [2], inadequate reduction [6], and fixation failure [9].
The Ca2+ ATPase of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SERCA2) plays a dominant role in lowering cytoplasmic calcium levels during cardiac relaxation and reduction of its activity has been linked to delayed diastolic relaxation in hypothyroid and failing hearts.
Smartphone use in the evenings is linked to delayed sleep onset--the time it takes to fall asleep--as well as disruptions to circadian timing, reduced daytime alertness, and diminished next-day performance at work.
Deaths from Plasmodium knowlesi malaria have been linked to delayed parenteral treatment.
SCD has been linked to delayed tooth erosion, hypoplasia and hypomineralization, hypercementosis, pulp stones, and asymptomatic pulp necrosis due to thrombosis in the blood vessels [ 5].
For instance, zinc deficiency is linked to delayed wound healing and decreased immunity leading to increased infection susceptibility [ 8], frequently encountered in uremic patients.
