Q: I asked my pediatrician if the reason my son acts hyperactive sometimes is because he eats too much sugar, and she said that’s actually a myth. Really? A: Back in the 1970’s Dr. Benjamin Feingold ...

It's a Saturday afternoon at a kids' birthday party. Hordes of children are swarming between the spread of birthday treats and party games. Half-eaten cupcakes, biscuits and lollies litter the floor, ...

Birthday parties tend to blur together in memory. Cupcakes are piled high with neon frosting and the hiss of soda cans ...

Get ready to reevaluate everything you thought you knew about sugar and hyperactivity. Get ready to reevaluate everything you thought you knew about sugar and hyperactivity. From birthday parties to ...

The book still enjoys relative success. Reviews on Goodreads indicate it still holds a lot of sway with some readers. In 2014, one reader gave the book five stars and wrote: Hyperactivity can be ...

Nearly every parent has had an experience in which their child eats more sugar than usual and seems to be bouncing off the walls or has an uncharacteristic tantrum or meltdown. We might laugh it off ...

I know I’m not the only one who believes that if I give my child sugar, she will be bouncing off the walls and probably won’t sleep very well. The idea that kids get hyper from sugar is something that ...

A woman I know has young daughters who attend a private school in the Greater Seattle area. On multiple occasions, her daughters have been chastised for having something containing sugar — even a few ...

Candy bars, bubble gum, suckers and candy corn are just a few of the many items that children received this year while trick-or-treating or attending Halloween parties. Although Halloween is over, ...

As I watched my daughter and her friends run around like crazy at ExplorationWorks after eating her birthday cake I couldn’t help but wonder, “Is it sugar that is responsible for this behavior?” I ...

The causes of ADHD are not fully understood. As with other mental health and behavioral disorders, genes likely play a role, but recent research also implicates exposure to environmental toxins such ...