Kids' diets tied to school results
Bea Karnes
Canada Published 51 day(s) ago
How well your child does in school may hinge in part on what he has for breakfast this morning. A new study from Canada finds children who regularly eat a nutritious diet full of fruits and vegetables are more likely to pass exams than those who have a fattier diet.
The research is based on surveys of parents with kids in the 5th grade. Those who ate healthier diets were more likely to pass a standardized literacy test 6 months later.
The results held even when researchers accounted for gender, weight, where the children lived or the family's income level.
The study was led by researchers at Dalhousie University and the University of Alberta in Canada and published in the Journal of School Health, April 2008.
