7 uncomfortable facts about how IQ affects your life

Americans like standardized tests. Weevaluate kids at multiple parts of their academic careers, and high-stakes tests, like the SAT and ACT,are a riteof passagefor entrance into college. Still, many peoplebelieveIQ scores aren'tthe determining factor for success in life.While researchers haven't definitivelypinned down how much a person's IQ affects their success later in life, they have uncovered that many factors throughout our lives may affect our IQ scores ' and conversely, our IQ scores can greatly affect the outcome of our lives.Read on to see seven uncomfortable facts about how IQ may affect your life.SEE ALSO:A 13-year-old home school student just won $20,000 in a math competition on ESPN ' see if you can answer the winning questionBreastfeeding may be linked with better performance on cognitive testsIn a small 2016 study, researchers monitored daily breast milk and formula given to 180 babies for their first 28 days of life. At 7 years old, children who consumed breast milk performed better on cognitive teststhey were given.Source: The Journal of PediatricsJunk food diets for kids under three may be linked to lower scores on an intelligence testChildren who ate processed junk foods before the age of three were shown to have a lower score on theWechsler Intelligence Scale for Children than their peers by the time they were eight years old. A diet rich in vitamins and minerals was shown to do the opposite.Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community HealthPoverty may be linked with poorer performance on cognitive testsA small 2013 study at Princeton found that "aperson's cognitive function is diminished by the constant and all-consuming effort of coping with the immediate effects of having little money, such as scrounging to pay bills and cut costs."Source: Princeton UniversitySee the rest of the story at Business Insider
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