Report: Junk Food Diet Affects Children's IQ

A diet of junk food can lower the IQ of toddlers, a new study has suggested.

Eating habits among three-year-olds shapes brain performance as they get older. A diet predominantly high in fats, sugars and processed foods at the age of three is directly associated with a lower IQ at the age of eight-and-a-half, according to a Bristol-based study of thousands of British children.
Food packed with vitamins and nutrients notably did the opposite, helping boost mental performance as youngsters got older, the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health reports.
Researchers said toddlers' diets could change IQ levels later in childhood, even if eating habits improve with age.
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