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Child Nutrition Boosts Adult Income: Study

Guatemalan kids given supplement earn 50% more as grown-ups

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 1, 2008 4:20 PM CST

(Newser) – Eating a nutritious diet as an infant has a significant effect on income later in life, a study published in the Lancet finds. Researchers looked at Guatemalan males over a three-decade period and found that those who had received a nutritious food supplement were earning... Read full story »

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