Children Who Eat More Fast Food Show Less Academic Improvement, Study Shows. The latest study suggests that excessive consumption of fatty foods could severely disrupt the development of the prefrontal cortex in the maturing brains of young people. This could potentially lead to cognitive defects in later adulthood in areas such as learning and memory, Continue…

Researchers found that students who ate more fast food overall had slower growth in academic achievement. Students who reported eating fast food once a day had slower growth in math, reading and science than students who ate no fast food. The more fast food a student reported eating, the lower their rate of academic improvement. Continue…

Healthier kids perform better on tests, are more focused in class, behave better, are absent less and have higher self-esteem. Students get most of their physical activity and eat and drink as much as half of their total calories at school. Schools that offer kids healthier food and more time to be active see increased Continue…

By now, it is no mystery that what people eat has an effect on their daily physical and mental health. When people keep themselves well-nourished, they can participate more fully and effectively in a wide variety of activities. Of course, nutrition has an impact on K-12 students as well, from their academic performance to their Continue…

A 2004 study published in the “Journal of Health Economics” indicates that a campaign for healthier school meals in the United Kingdom lead to improved educational outcomes. When the school lunch campaign shifted meals from low-budget, processed food to healthier options, grades improved significantly in English and science. School lunches have earned reputations as being Continue…

A new study shows that children who electronically pre-order their lunch are more likely to make healthier meal choices than students who pick and choose as they go through the cafeteria line. For the study, which was published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, researchers from Cornell University looked at the choices made by 272 students Continue…

Parents do all kinds of things to help their children get top marks in school. But before you splash out on a tutor, consider this: new research shows a child’s diet can dramatically affect their IQ. Children who eat fruit, vegetables, fish, and whole grains in their first three years of school do far better Continue…