(STUDY FINDS) – Children who eat more fruits and vegetables tend to have sharper minds, according to new research. In a recent study, kids who consumed the recommended five or more portions of fruits and vegetables a day had the highest mental well-being scores.
The study is the first to investigate the association between fruit and vegetable intake, breakfast and lunch choices, and mental well-being in British school children. However, the study also finds that almost 10% of kids eat no fruits or vegetables at all!
“While the links between nutrition and physical health are well understood, until now, not much has been known about whether nutrition plays a part in children’s emotional well-being,” says says lead researcher Ailsa Welch of the University of East Anglia’s Norwich Medical School, in a statement. “So, we set out to investigate the association between dietary choices and mental wellbeing among schoolchildren.”
