Artificial food additives affect children’s behavior

Your kid’s favorite cereal or cookies may be driving him up the wall, literally!

By JOAN ENDYKE For The Patriot Ledger Posted Nov 12, 2008

Years of research finally supports what many parents already knew: Junk foods – loaded with artificial food dyes and preservatives – cause behavioral problems in children.

Research from a study of 297 children published in The Lancet found a significant number of children became more inattentive, impulsive and hyperactive when given a test drink with artificial additives (The subjects were from the general population, not diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.) In England, where the study was conducted, people are calling for the additives to be banned from the food supply because the effects can lead to reading and other problems in school.

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