When we think about younger kids bouncing around or hyper initially what comes to mind is sugar. The Facebook status made by Sugar Kickers states “Sugar Makes Kids Hyper and Cranky!” makes one wonder if sugar is actually the problem behind kids being hyperactive. For years we have heard is that sugar is the problem behind kids being hyperactive but modern science contradicts. Sugar doesn’t make kids hyper and the claim made by Sugar Kicker is false because modern science research proves that there is no significant evidence that supports the claim that sugar causes hyperactivity.
Researchers became more interested in the link between sugar and hyperactivity after the Feingold diet in 1973 became very popular which was created by Benjamin Feingold. …show more content…
One of the experiments that was conducted by the doctors is called “double blind” study to prove that sugar doesn't change kids’ behavior. In this experiment, doctors took a bunch of kids who are similar in age, upbringing and other aspects and divided them into two groups. One group got a placebo diet (which is a diet that looks like a regular sugary diet, but doesn’t have sugar and acts as a control for the experiment) and the other group got the sugary diet. No one, not the parents, kids or the doctors know which kids got which diet. This way the study can prevent the subjects and researchers from having a bias or a tendency they are not aware of that affects the results. The results reported that a sugary diet didn’t affect kid’s behavior or their cognitive skills which proves that the claim is false. Additionally, in 1995, pediatrician Mark Wolraich from Vanderbilt University studied 23 studies involving more than 400 children and found no evidence that sugar impacts a kid’s behavior or …show more content…
Parents are not even considering that activity levels in children vary by age or children’s attention level is different depending on his or her interest in an activity. So sometimes some kids would be jumping around and would be more active than others in some situations. Sugar makes kids hyperactive became one of the most popular claim and myth is because it is so simple to accept as true when kids are just excited since that’s something that they like doing and are having a good time. Parents often can’t determine if their kids are behaving hyperactivity or just enthusiastic and in some cases parents’ beliefs about sugar affect their perceptions of children’s
Researchers became more interested in the link between sugar and hyperactivity after the Feingold diet in 1973 became very popular which was created by Benjamin Feingold. …show more content…
One of the experiments that was conducted by the doctors is called “double blind” study to prove that sugar doesn't change kids’ behavior. In this experiment, doctors took a bunch of kids who are similar in age, upbringing and other aspects and divided them into two groups. One group got a placebo diet (which is a diet that looks like a regular sugary diet, but doesn’t have sugar and acts as a control for the experiment) and the other group got the sugary diet. No one, not the parents, kids or the doctors know which kids got which diet. This way the study can prevent the subjects and researchers from having a bias or a tendency they are not aware of that affects the results. The results reported that a sugary diet didn’t affect kid’s behavior or their cognitive skills which proves that the claim is false. Additionally, in 1995, pediatrician Mark Wolraich from Vanderbilt University studied 23 studies involving more than 400 children and found no evidence that sugar impacts a kid’s behavior or …show more content…
Parents are not even considering that activity levels in children vary by age or children’s attention level is different depending on his or her interest in an activity. So sometimes some kids would be jumping around and would be more active than others in some situations. Sugar makes kids hyperactive became one of the most popular claim and myth is because it is so simple to accept as true when kids are just excited since that’s something that they like doing and are having a good time. Parents often can’t determine if their kids are behaving hyperactivity or just enthusiastic and in some cases parents’ beliefs about sugar affect their perceptions of children’s