New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Kids who were kind, helpful, and caring were more likely to eat healthy foods like fruits and vegetables when they became teenagers, says a new study that followed children from ages 5 to 17.
The researchers analysed data from the Millennium Cohort Study, a nationally representative study that followed children born in the United Kingdom for over 20 years, starting at birth. Parents reported how their children behaved at ages 5, 7, and 11. Then, the researchers checked if those children ate healthy foods at ages 14 and 17.
The findings in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine were heartwarming.
"Too often, we focus on what is going wrong in young people's lives, but what we hear from them time and time again...