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The research involved more than 23,000 mothers and children who are taking part in the ongoing Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study.
For this project, researchers from Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, worked with Norwegian collaborators.
The study revealed that children with a high intake of junk food were found to have increased symptoms of depression and anxiety, and are also more likely to have aggressive outbursts and tantrums.
The project is the first to look at the impact of early life nutrition, as an individual's diet is already said to be related to common mental disorders in adults and adolescents.
Using questionnaires, details of a mother's diet during pregnancy and their children's diets at 18 months and three years were recorded. The children's symptoms of depression, anxiety, conduct disorder and ADHD were also measured at 18 months, three-years-old and five years of age.
Associate Professor Felice Jacka, a researcher with Deakin University's IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, was the lead author of the study.
She explained: "Early life nutrition, including the nutrition received while the child is in utero, is related to physical health outcomes in children - their risk for later heart disease or diabetes for example.
"But this is the first study indicating diet is also important to mental health outcomes in children.
"It is now more clear than ever that diet matters to mental health right across the age spectrum."
Professor Jacka added that governments now need to tackle the issues caused by eating junk food, saying: "There is an urgent need for governments everywhere to take note of the evidence and amend food policy.
"The shift to more high-energy, low nutrition foods developed and marketed by the processed food industry, have led to a massive increase in obesity-related illnesses everywhere.
"They must restrict the marketing and availability of unhealthy food products to the community."
(JP/CD)
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Mums With Poor Diets 'More Likely To Have Badly Behaved Kids'
A new study has revealed that mums-to-be with unhealthy diets are more likely to have children with behavioural problems.The research involved more than 23,000 mothers and children who are taking part in the ongoing Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study.
For this project, researchers from Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, worked with Norwegian collaborators.
The study revealed that children with a high intake of junk food were found to have increased symptoms of depression and anxiety, and are also more likely to have aggressive outbursts and tantrums.
The project is the first to look at the impact of early life nutrition, as an individual's diet is already said to be related to common mental disorders in adults and adolescents.
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Using questionnaires, details of a mother's diet during pregnancy and their children's diets at 18 months and three years were recorded. The children's symptoms of depression, anxiety, conduct disorder and ADHD were also measured at 18 months, three-years-old and five years of age.
Associate Professor Felice Jacka, a researcher with Deakin University's IMPACT Strategic Research Centre, was the lead author of the study.
She explained: "Early life nutrition, including the nutrition received while the child is in utero, is related to physical health outcomes in children - their risk for later heart disease or diabetes for example.
"But this is the first study indicating diet is also important to mental health outcomes in children.
"It is now more clear than ever that diet matters to mental health right across the age spectrum."
Professor Jacka added that governments now need to tackle the issues caused by eating junk food, saying: "There is an urgent need for governments everywhere to take note of the evidence and amend food policy.
"The shift to more high-energy, low nutrition foods developed and marketed by the processed food industry, have led to a massive increase in obesity-related illnesses everywhere.
"They must restrict the marketing and availability of unhealthy food products to the community."
(JP/CD)
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