Psychologists: Malnutrition in childhood causes overeating in adulthood – BBC

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The American scientists have shown that children who grew up in a poor family and had difficulties with food, tend to have an adult more than peers, regardless of their material prosperity, or hunger.

in a study published in the scientific journal Psychological Science , has participated 31 student with a body mass index of less than 30. participants are not informed the real purpose of the experiment. The girls were given a bowl of chocolate chip cookies and a bowl of pretzels and offered to taste the products. So far, the researchers recorded data, participants could eat up leftover food. Then students completed a questionnaire in which they had to remember his childhood, and to evaluate it in accordance with the three statements: “My family had enough money”, “My family seemed to be better off than families of other children” and “The people around were richer my family”.

After the end of the survey experimenters estimate the remaining contents of the bowls. It was found that students who grew up in poorer families ate more cookies and pretzels than those who considered his childhood comfortably. Moreover, the actual need for energy has not played any role in the consumption of

«We were surprised at how large the effect on food intake in adulthood has a family well-being in childhood”, -. Says Sara Hill, author of the study. “An unexpected for us was the fact that the level of welfare in adulthood has no effect on food intake structure».

The researchers caution that their findings do not confirm the presence of a causal relationship between childhood hunger and lack of demand energy. Nevertheless, the human diet in childhood affects the consumption of their calories in adulthood

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