PEDIATRICS Vol. 66 No. 4 October 1980, pp. 521-525
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Diet and Hyperactivity: Is There a Relationship?

Fredrick J. Stare MD,PhD1, Elizabeth M. Whelan ScD, MPH1, and Margaret Sheridan MS, RD1

1 Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and the American Council on Science and Health, New York

In 1973 Dr Ben Feingold, a California allergist, proposed that salicylates, artificial flavors, and artificial food colors are a cause of hyperactivity. Dr Feingold recommended a diet free of these substances as both treatment and prevention of the condition. He has published two popular books on the subject, Why Your Child Is Hyperactive (1974) and The Feingold Cookbook for Hyperactive Children (1979). Many parents have adopted the diet for their hyperactive children, and some have reported a noticeable improvement in their child's behavior when the diet was followed. In recent years a number of experiments have been carried out to evaluate the relationship between hyperactivity, salicylates, artificial food colors, and artificial flavors. The data indicate that the symptoms of the vast majority of cases of children labeled "hyperactive" are not related to additives in their diet.

Submitted on May 29, 1979
Accepted on January 28, 1980




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