[lit-ideas] Does Diet Affect Propensity to Violence

  • From: "John McCreery" <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Anthro-L <ANTHRO-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:30:08 +0900

Interesting story at

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/60874/

If better diet reduces propensity to violence, what is the effect of poor diet?

Just think of the possible hypotheses:

Does poor diet in third-world countries contribute (along with, for
example, a large proportion of young males in the population) to
endemic violence?

What about Red State America? Especially in places where deep-fried
Twinkies are more likely to be consumed that Omega-3-rich fish oil?

Are fast-food-nation diets linked to the popularity of violent video games?

Thoughts, anyone?

John

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John McCreery
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