Candy-eating kids = violent adults?

​Will sweets-loving children turn into not-so-sweet adults? That’s the inference of a new British study that suggests that children who consume a lot of candy are more likely to be violent later in life. 

Researcher Simon Moore of Cardiff University wanted to see if there was a relationship between diet and risk-taking behavior. When he cross-referenced questions on candy and crime, the results were interesting:  

Moore’s analysis suggests a correlation: 69% of people who had been convicted of a violent act by age 34 reported eating candy almost every day as youngsters; 42% of people who had not been arrested for violent behavior reported the same.

In an effort to see whether there was a direct correlation between diet and behavior, Moore sought to eliminate potential differences in geography and parental conduct. And he came to the conclusion that grabbing candy and committing a crime may have the same root cause — a lack of impulse control.