“Children who eat sweets and chocolate every day are more likely to be violent as adults,” according to UK researchers. This is a top news report today. According to The Cardiff University study involving 17,500 people, 10-year-olds who ate chocolate and sweets on a daily basis were significantly more likely to have a violence conviction by age 34! The researchers found that 69% of the participants who were violent at the age of 34 had eaten sweets and chocolate nearly every day during childhood, compared to 42% who were non-violent.

Julian Hunt from the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) director of communications, said: “This is either utter nonsense or a very bad April Fool’s Day joke. “Anti-social behaviour stems from deep-rooted social and environmental factors, such as poor parenting and a deprived upbringing, and is not linked to whether or not you ate sweeties as a kid. “How anyone could leap to such a conclusion is beyond me.”

We couldn’t agree more Julian, what a load of old tosh, how many of us ate chocolate every day as kids and grew up non-violent – lots of us – so stop the ridiculous studies Cardiff University, sit back, relax and have a piece of chocolate cake