Previous studies mainly looked at the bad effects of unhealthy diet on children's development. The new study is unique because it evaluates how good nutrition positively affects social behavior. The results indicate a connection between nutrition and physical health, as well as a connection between nutrition and social health.Two researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that good nutrition is beneficial to children's social behaviors and development. The study appears in Maternal & Child Nutrition. One of the researchers, Jianghong Liu, who has been studying the relationship between early health factors and children's neurobehavioral development, noted that their study highlighted the importance of good social behavior, since both childhood and adult social social behavior significantly influence one's physical and mental health.
The study included as many as 1,795 children who were 3 years old. The researchers investigated their nutrition-related physical health factors and several indicators of social development. They found that for children who had more indicators of malnutrition, they tended to have more negative social behavior.
The resarchers noted that it is important to give children good nutrition early on. They also found that children with positive social behavior have higher IQs eight years later.
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