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Can allowing your kids to indulge their sweet tooth make them more violent? Yes, say researchers in Cardiff in the UK, who studied the effects of childhood diet on adult violence. The study showed that 10-year-old children who were allowed to eat sweets daily were significantly more likely to display and be convicted of violence by age 34.

The study failed to answer whether children who are “difficult” are more likely to be allowed to indulge their love of sweets or whether parents were just not allowing normal kids to learn to delay gratification. However, it ruled out factors that could have contributed like parenting, area of residence, higher education and access to a car.

The research was an attempt to investigate the role that poor diet in children might have in contributing to violent tendencies. Although not everyone is convinced, of these findings, the investigators have suggested that any efforts that aim to improve childrens’ diets may help reduce aggressive tendencies.

The study will definitely cause parents to think twice before indulging their childrens’ sweet tooth. So should you curb your child’s intake of sugar? Well, a better way to put it would be that nothing but good can come out of giving your children a healthier diet or supplementing their existing diet with vitamins and minerals that may be lacking. Healthy and balanced lifestyle can be taught at an early age.

Tags: balanced, children, healthy

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