Candy Will Make You Violent

A shocking (and almost unbelievable) new study has found a link between eating candy everyday as a kid and adult violence. The research followed more than 17 000 people since 1970 and found that of all the participants, 69% of those who were given candy whenever they asked for it had been violent.

One reasoning for the findings is that when kids are given candy every day, parents are basically giving in to their children’s demands. And when a child’s every demand is met, they don’t learn how to wait to get something they want, pushing them to impulsive and sometimes even criminal behavior.

Another reasoning is that if a child is already “difficult”, they are given sweets as a bride to get them to behave.

“We think that rewarding bad behavior in childhood with confectionary can lead to later problems, but we need to look at this more closely,” Dr Simon Moore, who led the Cardiff University study, told the BBC.

But the study has already been ridiculed.

“Anti-social behavior stems from deep-rooted social and environmental factors, such as poor parenting and a deprived upbringing, and is not linked to whether or not you ate sweeties as a kid,” says Julian Hunt, director of communications for the Food and Drink Federation. “How anyone could leap to such a conclusion is beyond me.”

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