Effect of Sugar on Behavior and Cognition

Abstract

Meta-analysis of 16 published studies conducted over a period of 12 years from 1982 to 1994 was used to examine the effects of sugar, mainly sucrose, on the behavior or cognition of children with attention deficit disorder and reported from the Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Keywords

• sugar on behavior
• cognition
• placebo