Cardiff University has analysed the childhood eating habits of around 17,500 participants of the 1970 British Cohort Study and found that 10-year-olds who ate sweets and chocolate on a daily basis were more likely to have a conviction for violence as an adult.
It was found that 69 per cent of those who had a conviction for a violent offence by the age of 34 had eaten sweets and chocolates daily, compared to just 42 per cent of those without such a conviction.
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