children's poor diet

[sophiajannie]

Hi, I don't tend to have any replies on my threads but its worth a try.
I am working on the following assignment:
Explain the impacts of poor diet on a child's health and well-being in the:

• Short term
• Long term I have written about the impact on brain development, physical growth, the risks of childhood obesity & teeth and bones. I am in the middle of writing about the digestive system and how a poor diet can impact this, however I can only think of constipation for an outcome of a poor diet. Does anyone have any other info? Is there any other points I can include in regards to a child's health being affected? I plan to write about the behavioral changes next. Thanks in advance.

Poor diet in childhood can mean a greater risk of bowel cancer and heart disease in later life.

Iron deficiency
Affects on learning.

Gut flora, microbiome

IBS? Other inflammatory bowel/stomach issues that can have links to poor diet
Stomach ulcers? Acidity issues/reflux?
Tongue - lack of muscle tone affecting speech, eg if only eating liquid foods or a limited diet

Diarrhoea not just constipation etc

Limited or poor diet obviously will affect a child socially, excluded from school dinners etc, social events revolving around food, could lead to bullying

And obviously vitamin deficits and their effects

Also, look into early puberty.

it’s a wide question, I mean if you go to extremes there is a risk of death through starvation.
Diabetes in later life
Failure to grow and at the other end of the spectrum obesity
lots of the long term effects won’t be obvious for many many years

Why aren't you doing your own research via your education provider? This is really sketchy.

Neurodevelopment will bring a whole range of issues such as ADHD, autism, ....
Look at Susan Lynch work on microbiome and autism.
You should actually go earlier and look at the maternal diet during pregnancy and how high fat diets increase neurodevelopment abnormality and alters the methylation of genes linked to autism.
UK has the highest rate in the world of ADHD and other behavioural issues, 1:49. Uk has also one of the highest consumption of ultra processed food.
Extreme rates of fussy eaters compared to other countries, an obsession with crips and other high fat snacky food. Totally normal to eat crisps on a daily basis, then other fried food during the week. Hooking kids on "treats" which will become comfort food in adulthood and bring decades of weight issues.

Blindness and other eyes issues are new trends caused by extreme fussy eaters. Several cases in Australia caused by vitamin A deficiency.

Thank you guys for the detailed explanation. I am continuously doing my own research on it as well.