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During this time, we only know the type of food like fast food is bad for your health if consumed too frequently. But not only that, recent research reveals that fast food can also create decline in performance of children in school.

Students who consumed fast food like burgers more than three times a week, get a bad value in a given test. The ability to count and write and read on some students declined by 16 percent compared to average. In other words, this discovery proves that the relationship between unhealthy eating habits with their academic abilities.

In tests of reading and writing, children who consume fast food, 4-6 times a week, get lower grades 7 points. Those who eat fast food once a day experienced deterioration in value to 16 points, while enjoying the food three times a day, his ability drop into 19 points. It is also found in the arithmetic test. The test results of children who regularly consume fast food have decreased by approximately 6.5-18.5 points.

From these studies, the research team concluded that this type of fast food if consumed in excess can cause cognitive disorders in children. The disorder affects the ability to absorb lessons in school.

Statistically, there is a significant relationship between high consumption of fast food with low test scores. Maybe because this type of food served by fast food restaurants cause cognitive impairment, making their test results is low. Therefore, it is important for your children get a healthy meal, in order to support the ability of children in school.

Impaired concentration is not a disease but a symptom or manifestation of child developmental disorders. Impaired concentration or a lack of concentration, can be seen from the failure of a child in giving attention to something entirely. Children’s attention very easily switch from one subject to another.

In one study, found 4-20% of children at school age diagnosed with hyperactivity. Its ratio, boys are four times more than girls. Hyperactivity is a behavioral disorder, caused by chemical imbalances in the brain. This is due to a deficiency of one or more chemical compounds, which is responsible for regulating the concentration and attention.

Previously, many experts consider these condition related with diet. Such as certain foods known to act as the cause of autism. For example, foods containing gluten (which cause allergies) such as wheat. Excessive sugar in the diet, also causing a chemical imbalance in the body. This is because sugar can make children become more active, because it rapidly enters the bloodstream and increases adrenaline production.

The quality of distraction can be mild to severe. The quality of the concentration of children on something divided into several classifications. The most severe group is over exclusive, where a child is only focused on something that caught his attention and do not care about anything else extremely. For example, baby who continue to observe the buttons of his shirt and did not care about other stimuli. This pattern is called autism. The group with a mild degree, are children with a focus of attention is easily distracted. His attention can only survive a few moments, then switch because there are other, more powerful stimulus. This is called the attention problems or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

ADHD is a chronic disorder, began to emerge in early childhood or less than 7 years of age. What is the cause as yet unknown. But this disorder is often associated with the structure of brain anatomy, brain neurochemical factors and genetic factors. In fact, there is a research that indicates that hereditary factors contribute to the emergence of these disorders reaches 40-50%. When one family member suffering from hyperactive disorders, there may be other family members who also experienced similar conditions. Read the rest of this entry »

Diabetes is not a common disease experienced by children. Usually, this disease occurs in adults who are overweight, resulting in insulin resistance. But, believe it or not, the disease is now beginning to be found in children, especially children who are obese. In recent years, the number of children with diabetes has increased.

There are no specific signs in children who potentially suffer from diabetes in adulthood. Just be diagnosed with diabetes at age 7 years upwards. This is marked by a number of similar symptoms of diarrhea, such as vomiting, frequent bowel movements, decreased consciousness (coma), severe dehydration, seizures and so forth. The difference is the breath of the children smelled like acid (acetone). Signs and symptoms of this makes the parents assume that their children suffered from severe diarrhea. As a result, some children with diabetes was taken to hospital in a coma, due to complications.

Instead, parents should notice the habits of eating and physical activity of children at home, also consider the development of child’s weight. Children who suffer from diabetes are often felt hungry and thirsty, frequent urination and the weight does not go up. If you detect any of these symptoms in children, immediately check blood sugar levels. Normal blood sugar levels in children, the same as adults is between 100-140 mg/dl. On top of this figure, the child may be suffering of diabetes. Read the rest of this entry »