Fast food found to hinder children’s brain development
Mike Valles, National Monitor | December 31, 2014
Research reveals that children’s brains may be hindered from developing as expected because of something as simple as fast food.
The adolescent years are supposed to be a time when the brain develops as expected. Everyone wants their children to mature emotionally, physically, and academically. Recent research, however, reveals that the brain of children may be being hindered from developing as expected because of something as simple as fast food.
The journal Clinical Pediatrics reported recently that common fast foods are actually leading children to have lower test scores. Those who ate frequently at popular fast food places such as McDonald’s, Burger King, and similar places, were found to be more likely to test lower in key subjects like math, science and reading.
In the study, researchers chose to use 10-year-olds. They used 11,700 of them, and also considered other factors such as the economic situation of their family, their location, how active they were, and how much TV the children watched.
