Food additives and children's behaviour: evidence based policy at the margins of certainty
Food additives and children's behaviour: evidence based policy at the margins of certainty
The possible effects of food additives (specifically artificial colours) have been debated for over 30 years. The evidence accumulated suggests that for some children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) food colours exacerbate their condition. Two studies
undertaken by a research group at the University of Southampton have extended these findings to the effects on hyperactivity in children from the general population who do not show ADHD. This article reviews the response from policy-makers to these findings and concludes that the failure to impose a mandatory ban on the six food colours in the Southampton study is inadequate and that such a ban would be an appropriate application of the precautionary principle when the evidence is considered to be at the margins of certainty
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Stevenson, Jim
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October 2009
Stevenson, Jim
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Stevenson, Jim
(2009)
Food additives and children's behaviour: evidence based policy at the margins of certainty.
Journal of Children's Services, 4 (2), .
Abstract
The possible effects of food additives (specifically artificial colours) have been debated for over 30 years. The evidence accumulated suggests that for some children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) food colours exacerbate their condition. Two studies
undertaken by a research group at the University of Southampton have extended these findings to the effects on hyperactivity in children from the general population who do not show ADHD. This article reviews the response from policy-makers to these findings and concludes that the failure to impose a mandatory ban on the six food colours in the Southampton study is inadequate and that such a ban would be an appropriate application of the precautionary principle when the evidence is considered to be at the margins of certainty
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Published date: October 2009
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/72992
ISSN: 1746-6660
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