Notes and references for the presentation ‘Fed Up with
Children’s Behaviour’ by Sue Dengate FED UP ROADSHOW 2011
(Numbers in brackets below refer to the scientific papers listed
in the Bibliography at the end) Additives are changing At first,
additives were only in junk food. Now they are in healthy foods
and they are increasingly hidden. A 2007 survey found that most
consumers eat more additives than they think (average 20 per
day), don’t know where the additives are, and eat the same
number of additives whether they are prepare food at home or eat
out (1). Children are changing Increase in learning disabilities
in Florida (2). 1976: The Feingold Hypothesis links additives to
behaviour and LD (3). 1986: NY City schools low additive policy
reduces LD (4). A 1986 study in over 800 NY schools found that
reducing additives in school meals (breakfasts and lunches for
disadvantaged children) over 4 years reduced the number of
children classified as learning disabled from over 12% to less
than 5% and there was a ne