Health | nutrition Child Nutrition Boosts Adult Income: Study Guatemalan kids given supplement earn 50% more as grown-ups By Nick McMaster Posted Feb 1, 2008 4:20 PM CST Copied Maya indigenous women attend the inauguration ceremony of elected Mayan municipal officials in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo) (Associated Press) Eating a nutritious diet as an infant has a significant effect on income later in life, a study published in the Lancet finds. Researchers looked at Guatemalan males over a three-decade period and found that those who had received a nutritious food supplement were earning close to 50% more per hour as grown men than those who had not. Because nutrition was the only factor that varied for the subject pool of Guatemalan villagers, the study is the first to isolate nutrition from a host of other advantages, like schooling and economic environment, known to influence financial success. The findings could affect how economic aid is distributed in the developing world, the BBC reports. Read These Next Husband of the Coldplay 'Kiss Cam' woman breaks his silence. Amy Coney Barrett weighs in a possible third Trump term. Wall Street is getting twitchy over falling lumber prices. It's Rand Paul versus JD Vance: 'Despicable' Report an error