[farm.school] FW: Kids with healthier diets, better grades

[Amy R. Winston]

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Subject: Kids with healthier diets, better grades

 

Kids with healthier diets, better grades

Published: March 25, 2008 at 12:12 PM


EDMONTON, Alberta, March 25 (UPI) -- Children with healthy diets perform
better in school than children with unhealthy diets, researchers at the
University of Alberta in Canada said. 

Paul J. Veugelers surveyed about 5,000 Canadian fifth-grade students and
their parents as part of the Children's Lifestyle and School-Performance
Study.

Information regarding dietary intake, height, and weight were recorded
and the Diet Quality Index-International was used to summarize overall
diet quality. A score ranges from 0 to 100, with higher scores
indicating better diet quality. A standardized literacy assessment also
was administered to the children. 

The study, published in the April issue of the Journal of School Health,
found that students with an increased fruit and vegetable intake and
less caloric intake from fat were significantly less likely to fail the
literacy assessment. 

In addition, the students with the highest scores for diet quality --
fruits, vegetables, grains, dietary fiber, protein, calcium and moderate
fat intake -- were 41 percent less likely to fail the literacy
assessment.


http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2008/03/25/kids_with_healthier_diets
_better_grades/5427/


 

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