A Canadian study shows that Children With Good Diets May Be Less Likely to Flunk Academic Tests:

March 21, 2008 -- Children who have a nutritious diet may be more likely to pass academic tests, Canadian researchers report.

Eating lots of fruits and vegetables and not eating too much fat are hallmarks of the healthy diets among the nearly 4,600 Nova Scotia kids studied by the University of Alberta's Paul Veugelers, PhD, and colleagues.

When the kids were in fifth grade, their parents completed surveys about what the children ate. Six months later, in sixth grade, the children took a standardized literacy test that included reading and writing.

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