Eating candy trigger Criminal Child Behavior?

Although not categorized as healthy food, the sweetness of candy very popular kids. Many parents who forbid their children to eat candy because more candy than the bad side benefit.

What are the bad aspects of candy? First, vitamins in candy very little, almost non-existent. So even with fiber. Chewing also causes coughing, make fat, causing toothache, eliminating appetite, to make children become hyperactive.

Recent research even mentioned the children who are accustomed to eating candy from his childhood, during adult life tend to have criminal behavior. Researchers from the University of Cardiff, Wales, England, who did this research studied the data of 17,415 children born in April 1970 in England.


Research results are taken from the British Cohort Study in detail mention of health information and lifestyle these children in a certain period, such as the age of 5, 10, and adults.

At the age of 34 years of the respondents were interviewed if they had committed a crime. The result, 69 percent had violent acts or criminal turns out to have a history of eating candy hobby at the age of 10 years, compared with 42 percent who had no criminal record.

So, should parents flying the "flag war" on the candy? Not entirely so, said Simon Moore, a senior lecturer in the study of Violence and Society Research Group, University of Cardiff.

Moore argues, the link between candy and committed acts of violence occur because giving kids candy or other sweets to children every day, making the child can not learn to delay his wish. As a result, children become easy to act impulsively.

Some experts do not agree with Moore's theory. According to Melinda Johnson, a spokesman for the American Dietetic Association, said the link between candy and criminal behavior may be caused by lifestyle and parental upbringing.

So, parents need not fear to give sweets to the children for not excessive. In addition, make sure the candy is made from material given to healthy, contains no artificial coloring or formalin.