Can Junk food diet 'makes children more likely to fail at school'?
Can junk food diet 'makes children more likely to fail at school'?
Junk food diet 'makes children more likely to fail at school'
Feeding children as young as three a "junk food" diet makes them significantly more likely to fall behind at school, a new study shows.
Youngsters who lived on sweets, crisps and chicken nuggets from an early age were 10 per cent more likely to be failing between the ages of six and 10 than their classmates, researchers found.
The study of 14,000 children in Bristol shows that even when other factors, such as low income or poor housing were removed, diet significantly affected the children's development.
The researchers say that the findings point to the long term effect that eating poorly could have on school performance.
Eating too many foods high in sugar and fat could leave little room for more healthy alternatives, they believe, such as those packed with "brain building" Omega 3 fatty acids, like oily fish.
Dr Pauline Emmett, a nutritionist from the University of Bristol who worked on the study, said that she was confident that there was a "robust association" between the children's unhealthy diets and their poor tests scores.
She said: "It indicates that early eating patterns have effects that persist over time.
"So it is very important for children to eat a well-balanced diet from an early age if they are to get the best out of their education."
The research involved youngsters taking part in the Children of the 90s study at the University of Bristol.
The project has followed the lives of the children and their parents since they were born in either 1991 or 1992.
Source: The Telegraph UK
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if family eating habits are healthy, kids automatically adopt that.
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