Hyperkinesis and food additives: testing the Feingold hypothesis.
Teacher ratings, objective classroom and laboratory observational data, attention-concentration, and other psychological measures obtained on 36 school-age, hyperactive boys under experimental and control diet conditions yielded no support for the Feingold hypothesis. Parental ratings revealed positive behavioral changes for the experimental diet; however, they seemed primarily attributable to one diet sequence. Parents' behavioral ratings on ten hyperactive, preschool boys indicated a positive response to the experimental diet; again, laboratory observations showed no diet effect.
D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005503:Food Additives / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005505:Food Coloring Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D006948:Hyperkinesis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010290:Parents; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012574:Schools; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching
D005503:Food Additives; D005505:Food Coloring Agents