Danger of a junk food diet for children: study reveals toddlers who eat more chips, crisps, biscuits and pizza./Junk Food makes children fat and stupid.

Abstract :

            Presents the results of a study which shows the dangers of a junk food diet for children.

Index terms:

Junk food, dangers, children, health, IQ.

• HOPE, Jenny. Danger of a junk food diet for children: study reveals toddlers who eat more chips, crisps, biscuits and pizza. Mail Online, February 8^th 2011.

Quotation:

“Toddlers fed a diet of junk food can suffer lasting damage to their brainpower, researchers warn. Children who eat more chips, crisps, biscuits and pizza before the age of three have a lower IQ five years later, a study showed.

The difference could be as much as five IQ points compared with children given healthier diets with fruit, vegetables and home-cooked food. But even if their diet improves, it could be too late as the ill-effects can persist for a lifetime. This is the first study to suggest a direct link between the diet of young children and their brainpower in later life.”

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→ URL: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1354683/Junk-food-diet-hits-childs-IQ-reveals-major-UK-study.html

• ROGNLIN, Briana. Junk Food makes children fat and stupid. Blisstree. Wednesday, February 9^th 2011.

Quotation:

“The study, conducted at Bristol University in England, followed the health habits of 14,000 children born in the early 1990s, and found that children who are fed junk like chips, pizza, french fries, and hamburgers before the age of three demonstrate lower IQs later, as compared with children who are fed fresh fruit, vegetables, and home-cooked food. Researchers say that junk food just doesn’t provide enough essential vitamins and nutrients to fuel brain development, which is crucial when kids are young.”

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→ URL: http://blisstree.com/eat/junk-food-makes-children-fat-and-stupid/

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