For most kids, September kicks off a new school year, and the new routine is a perfect time to focus on happy and healthy family meals. In fact, of all the healthy behaviors worth making a regular habit, few are more important for boosting your child’s brainpower than sitting down together to enjoy a healthy […]
Author: The EatingFor Team
Regular exercise is directly linked to your child’s academic performance, according to one meta-analysis of 31 studies involving children between 6 and 12 years of age. For this analysis, the researchers focused on the impact of physical activity on specific types of mental functions like memory, planning and other so-called executive functions, attention and academic performance in […]
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The Power of Sleep for Learning
Sleep and memory experts have long known that sleep offers benefits for learning, but not just any sleep. The sleep that helps your child perform better in the classroom is called REM sleep, deep sleep characterized by rapid eye movements. Throughout the night, we tend to alternate between memory-boosting REM sleep and non-REM sleep every […]