Children who eat healthy have better reading skills

Children who eat healthy have better reading skills
A healthy diet may help develop better reading skills in the first three school years.

Diets like Baltic Sea Diet and Finnish nutrition recommendations — high in vegetables, fruits and berries, fish, whole grain, and unsaturated fats and low in red meat, sugary products, and saturated fat — are considered healthier. A healthy diet seems to be an important factor in supporting learning and academic performance in children. ‘Parents and schools have an important role in making healthy foods available to children. Furthermore, governments and companies play a key role in promoting the availability and production of healthy foods,’ Haapala added. (Read: Can food make your child smarter and more intelligent?)

Source: IANS

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