Community | September 30, 2009 | 3 comments

Candy-gobbling kids may turn violent as adults

source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33091821/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/

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Willy Wonka would be horrified. Children who eat too much candy may be more likely to be arrested for violent behavior as adults, new research suggests.

British experts studied more than 17,000 children born in 1970 for about four decades. Of the children who ate candies or chocolates daily at age 10, 69 percent were later arrested for a violent offense by the age of 34. Of those who didn't have any violent clashes, 42 percent ate sweets daily.

The study was published in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry. It was paid for by Britain's Economic and Social Research Council.

The researchers said the results were interesting, but that more studies were needed to confirm the link. "It's not that the sweets themselves are bad, it's more about interpreting how kids make decisions," said Simon Moore of the University of Cardiff, one of the paper's authors.

Moore said parents who consistently bribe their children into good behavior with candies and chocolates could be doing harm. That might prevent kids from learning how to defer gratification, leading to impulsive behavior and violence.....
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3 comments // Candy-gobbling kids may turn violent as adults

  • Abnormal
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      Abnormal  

    • I don't believe this. Myself and my brothers and sister had a lot of sweets in our youth. I have 14 filling due to massive in takes of sugar when I was little, much the same with my brothers and sister but none of us have show any history of violent behaviour. Some studies of these studies really do come off as daft to me.

    • 2 years ago
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  • AnnieMole
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      AnnieMole  

    • Interesting I thought it might be to do with high sugar levels or too many preservatives but the explanation seems to be the following:

      "giving children sweets and chocolate regularly may stop them learning how to wait to obtain something they want. Not being able to defer gratification may push them towards more impulsive behaviour, which is strongly associated with delinquency."

    • 2 years ago
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