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Fast food could slow down your kid’s brain

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London: Eating fast food affects not only your child’s general health but could also slow down his/her brain, a new research suggests.

The researchers found that children who eat the most fast food score less in tests for maths, science and reading.

“Research has been focused on how children’s food consumption contributes to the child obesity epidemic,” lead researcher Kelly Purtell from the Ohio State University in the US was quoted as saying.

“Our findings provide evidence that eating fast food is linked to another problem: poorer academic outcomes,” Purtell added.

Lack of iron in fast food leads to a slowing in development of certain processes in the brain, the researchers suggested.

For the study, the researchers used data from a sample of 8,500 school children from the US, whose fast food consumption was measured at the age of ten.

This was then compared against academic test results three years later.

Children were asked how many times they had eaten a meal or snack from a fast-food restaurant, including outlets such as McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, Burger King, and KFC.

Those who consumed fast food daily scored an average of 79 points in science, four points less than those who never ate fast food.

Similar differences in academic achievement were observed for reading and maths, the Daily Mail reported.

The study appeared in the journal Clinical Pediatrics.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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