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Nutrition can play a part in IQ but only to a certain extent. Many "black" communities in western countries are also mixed. which is why, for example, black Americans have a higher IQ than black Africans. Yet black Americans still have a much lower IQ than European Americans, despite both living in a developed society. genetics determines your IQ potential although this can be impaired by nutritional needs not being met. Africans in developed western societies have already reached their genetic IQ potential, at least by the second generation. identical twins who have been adopted by families from different socio economic classes and attended different schools etc, while both remaining in developed societies where nutritional needs are met, have been shown to have almost identical adult IQs (there is a difference due to education but this is only shown to persist during childhood before reverting to their genetically determined IQ by the time theyre about 18). Should also be noted that of course there are Africans who have a higher than average IQ, and these people are more likely to have immigrated to European countries, especially during the twentieth century, as they would have greater access to travel and migration opportunitiesHow do you explain the flynn effect then if iq is solely genetic. Blacks in more developed countries do have higher IQs than their African equivalents jfl. That literarily proves my point.
Also iq doesn't measure intelligence in and of itself, it's only correlated to G (general intelligence). IQ is a tool for establishing learning disabilities that's why it was established.