Hyperkinesis and food additives: testing the Feingold hypothesis

Pediatrics. 1978 Jun;61(6):818-28.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Controlled Clinical Trial
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child Behavior
  • Child, Preschool
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Electroencephalography
  • Food Additives / adverse effects*
  • Food Coloring Agents / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Hyperkinesis / chemically induced*
  • Hyperkinesis / diet therapy
  • Hyperkinesis / psychology
  • Male
  • Neurologic Examination
  • Parents
  • Patient Compliance
  • Schools
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Teaching

Substances

  • Food Additives
  • Food Coloring Agents