Could a fast-food dinner hurt your child's test scores?

Researchers find a link between what kids eat and their scores in reading, science and math.
Thinking about hitting the drive through to feed the kids tonight? You might want to think again. Those chicken nuggets and burgers might just be hurting your kids' test scores.

According to a new study published in the journal Clinical Pediatrics, the more often your child eats fast food, the more likely he will be to have poor grades in school. For the study, researchers from Ohio State University compared the fast-food consumption and grades of thousands of students from fifth through eighth grades. The more burgers and fries the students ate, the worse they did on the tests.

Researchers looked at questionnaires from 11,470 kids who reported how often they ate fast food. They found that the kids who ate fast food four to six times per week scored 20 percent lower on tests than kids who said they never ate fast food.

The study found a link, but not a cause. In other words, just because the kids who ate more fast food also had lower test scores does not mean that it was the fast food that caused the poorer grades. Still, even after the researchers controlled for factors such as socioeconomic status, family background, and daily exercise, the link between the two remained.

"There's a lot of evidence that fast-food consumption is linked to childhood obesity, but the problems don't end there,” lead author Katy Purtell, an assistant professor of human sciences at Ohio State University, told Medical News Today. “Relying too much on fast food could hurt how well children do in the classroom. We're not saying that parents should never feed their children fast food, but these results suggest fast-food consumption should be limited as much as possible."

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TOPFIT Daily Activities --- YEAR END TRIBUTE TO 2014
Another annual tradition is in the books!
Today I did my patented TOPFIT ~Year End Tribute to 2014~ workout.
Except for the final 14 burpees that I finished with, all exercises were done for 100 reps (not necessarily non-stop or in the following order) before moving on to another exercise. When all was said and done, I did:

burpees x 114
KB swings (20kg) x 200
chinups x 100
suspension trainer pullups x 200
pushups x 200
squats x 200
SB leg curls x 200
SB tucks x 200
SB back extensions x 200
SB crunches x 200
alternating lunges x 200

TOTAL = 2014 reps!

~Feelin' Alive!~