Somehow, I think this topic may keep appearing here. Having firsthand experience with the benefits of healthy eating, I am pleased to see more data backing up the success with such good habits.
A study from the University of Alberta determined used a scoring device call the Diet Quality Index-International (DQI-I) to determine diet quality. "Students with an increased fruit and vegetable intake and less caloric intake from fat were significantly less likely to fail (a) literacy assessment. Relative to students in the group with the lowest DQI-I scores, students in the group with the best scores were 41 % less likely to fail the literacy assessment."
Forty-one percent is a large difference and it would seem to me that providing a more healthy diet for students would not only help them in school, but in life as well. Many studies exist to show that longevity, decreased risks of disease, and better function are linked to a healthy diet. I would think all those would be worth the effort to make such a change, especially for our children.
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I have thought this for a long time. A balanced breakfast in the morning provides brain food for the rest of the day. Healthy eating is just good sense. We have a wellness policy in place, when are we going to start enforcing it?
well we better get some better breakfast here because what is for breakfast here in this school is no brain food and all in make you sick food.
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