"Give kids more sugar and see them
bounce off the wall", is what parents
may think of sugar consumption
causing hyperactivity in children.
But, there is no evidence to prove
this widely held belief (Journal of
the American Medical Association,
VoI274,No20).
Sugar does not affect the
behaviour or cognitive performance of children. However, the
report's principal author Mark
L Wolraich, chief of the child
development division at Vanderbilt
University in Nashville, US, does
not rule out a small effect or
effects of sugar on subsets of
children.
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