Junk food linked to bad behaviour

Junk food linked to bad behaviour: "Children who lack access to healthy foods, particularly fruit and vegetables, are twice as likely to develop behavioural problems, a Queensland study found.

A Queensland University of Technology Institute of Health study surveyed 500 households across Brisbane in 2009 and released the findings this week.

Researcher Rebecca Ramsey found one in four households goes without healthy food because of low income levels.

Advertisement: Story continues below
She said the study asked participants about their vegetable and fruit intake.

'It is not that these households are spending their limited money on junk food. It is more that they are unable to afford a variety of fruit and vegetables and instead may be purchasing larger quantities of staples such as rice and bread,' she said."