Taken together , evidence suggests a positive association between healthy dietary consumption and executive functioning .
A systematic review was conducted to evaluate whether healthier dietary consumption  among children and adolescents impacts executive functioning .
Psychopathology as a predictor of adolescent drug use trajectories.
The authors examined early psychopathology  as a predictor of  trajectories of drug use from ages 13 - 18 years . Six years of annual data were analyzed for 506 boys using a mixed effects polynomial growth curve model . They tested whether distinct measures of psychopathology and behavioral problems ( i.e. , attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , oppositional defiant disorder , conduct disorder , depression , and violence ) assessed in early adolescence could prospect ively predict level and change in alcohol and marijuana use . Higher levels of all of the types of psychopathology predicted higher levels of alcohol use , and higher levels of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , conduct disorder , and violence predicted higher levels of marijuana use . Only conduct disorder predicted linear growth in alcohol use , and none of the measures predicted growth in marijuana use . The results suggest that drug use prevention programs should target youths with early symptoms of psychopathology
Taken together , evidence suggests a positive association between healthy dietary consumption and executive functioning .
A systematic review was conducted to evaluate whether healthier dietary consumption  among children and adolescents impacts executive functioning .