Nutritious breakfast and lunch linked to emotional wellbeing in pupils across the age spectrum include good nutrition in public health strategies for kids’ mental health, urge researchers.
Higher fruit and veg intake are significantly associated with better mental health in secondary school children, while a nutritious breakfast and lunch is linked to emotional wellbeing in pupils across the age spectrum, finds research published in the online journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.
The findings prompt the researchers to call for the inclusion of good nutrition in public health strategies to maximize kids’ mental health.