Poor nutrition is at the root of the violent behavior of many young offenders  Researchers observed that in a certain institution for young offenders, the violent inmates among them consistently chose, from the food available, those items that were low in nutrients  In a subsequent experiment, some of the violent inmates were placed on a diet high in nutrients  There was a steady improvement in their behavior over the four months of the experiment
These results confirm the link between poor nutrition and violent behavior
Many young offenders have reported that they had consumed a low-nutrient food sometime in the days before they committed a violent crime.