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 .
Executive functions and school readiness intervention: impact, moderation, and mediation in the Head Start REDI program.
Despite their potentially central role in fostering school readiness , executive function ( EF ) skills have received little explicit attention in the design and evaluation of school readiness interventions for socioeconomically disadvantaged children . The present study examined a set of five EF measures in the context of a r and omized-controlled trial of a research -based intervention integrated into Head Start programs ( Head Start REDI ) .  Three hundred fifty-six 4-year-old children ( 17 % Hispanic , 25 % African American ; 54 % girls ) were followed over the course of the prekindergarten year .  Initial EF predicted gains in cognitive and social-emotional skills and moderated the impact of the Head Start REDI intervention  on some outcomes . The REDI intervention promoted gains on two EF measures , which partially mediated intervention effects on school readiness . We discuss the importance of further study of the neurobiological bases of school readiness , the implication s for intervention design , and the value of incorporating markers of neurobiological processes into school readiness interventions
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 .