The prepared lecture is devoted to analyzing the influence of diet quality on mental health in late childhood. The topic is directly correlated with the theme of the child’s development. My primary aim of the investigation and article analysis is to figure out whether there is a correlation between nutrition and the occurrence of mental problems in a child’s future. The thesis of the lecture is as follows: the brain cells distortions causing the mental deviations may be affected by diet quality in late childhood.
The children’s physical development primarily depends on the diversity and quality of nutrition they get during the particular periods of their lives. However, mental health is also closely connected with physical wellbeing. The conducted empirical studies proved the direct correlation between diet quality and mental health problems in late childhood (Bayer et al., 2019). Children with a profound dieting regime and enough nutrition relevant to their current development stage are more resilient to stress. Moreover, their brain cells are less exposed to distractions, which can cause mental disorders. The analytics of the children with low diet quality brain functioning shows the regression leading to the mental health deviation (Bayer et al., 2019). It is also crucial to highlight that the poor dieting regime aggravates the children’s mental state, who have a genetic predisposition to neuron distortions (Bayer et al., 2019). Thus, the dieting quality is an essential factor in developing the physical and psychological health of the child.
I have chosen this topic for the analysis because it touches upon my interest sphere. I am primarily concerned with finding the possible ways to prevent the development of psychological and psychiatric disorders in children. This research provides valuable data which can be developed further to analyze the children’s brain’s development. Many dangerous mental diseases can be avoided when brain functioning is explored further. The risk factors associated with the topic are the lack of information and the low level of validity. I managed to find only one article devoted to this topic. All other pieces of information were not supported by the practical experiments. Thus, this issue requires additional exploration and further investigation.
Reference
Bayer, J., Canterfors, L., Dimov, S., Jacka, F., Mundy, L., & Patton, G. (2021). Diet quality and mental health problems in late childhood. Nutritional Neuroscience, 24(1), 62–70.