Sucrose, Motor Activity, and Learning

Abstract

The effects of sugar (sucrose) on the behavior of 30 preschool children (20 boys and 10 girls, mean age 5 years 4 mos) and 15 elementary school children (6 boys and 9 girls, mean age 7 yrs 2 mos) were investigated by psychologists from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, and the Univ of Mississippi Med Cntr, Jackson, MS.

Keywords

• high sucrose content
• double-blind control design
• carbohydrate