Sweets and violence

I recently came across two articles quoting that “A sweet a day helps your children grow up violent”. How ridiculous that the media would even apply credence to such a slow news story but worse, that the sensationalist media peddled it in different guises around the UK.
The foundation of the story was a 1970 British Cohort Study that showed 10 year olds who ate confectionery daily were significantly more likely to have been convicted for a violent crime in their early 30’s.
I am no expert but I assume that all of these children also had other foods everyday - baked beans maybe, a good old lunch or even evening meal? Maybe that was an influence. Or how about water or tea or coffee or orange juice - all of these products would have been given to children then irrespective of lifestyles or demographics. So why is it that confectionery is the culprit in this ridiculous story? Well they say that easy access to treats will stop children from learning how to wait for what they want. Maybe. I am more inclined to think it is the early stages of a health lobby demonising a perfectly good product and industry to achieve political goals in the future.
Unfortunately this is how it starts – soon we will be told that we live in a violent society simply because of the confectionery we eat, ignoring the real causes. I hope that common sense prevails and that the media accept their responsibility for sensationalising such ridiculous stories designed for one purpose only - to gather momentum for political aims.