Myth vs fact

Does sugar make children wild? The sweets did not, our eyes did

In almost every home you will hear that a child is jumping around because he has had sweets.

A 1995 analysis in JAMA from Vanderbilt University looked at 23 trials in which children secretly got either sugar or a sugar-free drink, and found no difference in behaviour or learning.

In another study, mothers were told their sons had eaten a lot of sugar, though every boy had the sugar-free drink, and they still rated their sons as wilder.

The truth: the party mood, tiredness and our own expectation make children seem wilder. Still: sugar harms teeth and adds weight, so keep it low.

Source — JAMA 1995;274(20):1617-1621, Vanderbilt University, Nashville

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