Today, more kids are receiving lower grades, with almost half of American school children being behind their grade level. There are many causes for this decline in performance, one of them being unfulfilled nutritional needs.
Today’s convenience-based diet often lacks essential nutrients that kids need to thrive in school. As parents become busier with work and daily activities, processed foods become a more feasible choice.
However, consuming processed, unhealthy foods will lead to a loss in concentration, energy spikes and crashes, and ultimately worse academic performance. As the academic year approaches, how can we break away from this pattern and make our kids consume brain-boosting food instead? Read on and learn simple tips and tricks you can try at home!
The Learning Deficit and Empty Calories
We’ve mentioned that people nowadays rely more on convenient food that is mostly processed. Today’s fast food diet mainly consists of high calories without any beneficial nutrients, which we call empty calories. Consumption of an unhealthy diet is linked to childhood obesity, but what most parents don’t realize is that it also affects kids’ test scores.
These are some of the most commonly known culprits that can damage your kids’ academic performance:
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