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John Elder

Jump, hop, skip! The foods that leave young kids with poor locomotor skills

Chicken nuggets are among the foods that hinder movement skills of little kids. Photo: Getty

A disturbing new study has found that children aged three to five who eat more highly processed foods – such as chicken nuggets, frozen pizzas and sugary breakfast cereals – have poorer locomotor skills than children who eat less of these poor-quality foods.

Locomotor skills include walking, running, jumping, hopping, crawling, marching, climbing, galloping, sliding, leaping, hopping and skipping.

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