UP TO 200,000 Scottish school pupils could have learning difficulties because of the country's love of junk food, researchers have claimed.

Eating fatty fry-ups, burgers and chips dramatically increases the chances of children suffering from learning difficulties, including dyslexia and autism, a conference in Edinburgh was told.

Dr Alex Richardson, a senior researcher at Oxford University, claimed that up to a quarter of the school-age population - which equates to about 200,000 pupils in Scotland - had some kind of learning problem.

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