AAP News Vol. 2 No. 10 October 1986, p. 15
© 1986 American Academy of Pediatrics
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A debate revisited: Sugar and hyperactivity

William G. Crook M.D., FAAP1

1 Jackson, Tenn.

I'm writing to comment on the article, "Pediatrician Disputes Link Between Sugar, Hyperactivity in Children" (May 1986 AAP News). I'm one of the 12 percent of pediatricians who recommend "sugar-restricted diets as a treatment to modify hyperactive behavior." Why do I continue to do this? The answer is easy: It works, even though we don't yet understand all the mechanisms involved. Yet, there is growing support for the role of adverse food reactions in contributing to a wide variety of human illnesses.

For example, William T. Kniker, M.D., (professor of pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio), in his award-winning Bela Schick Lecture for 1984 and again in an address delivered before the American Academy of Allergists in January 1986 had this to say:1

"There are countless...millions...of individuals who have unrecognized adverse reactions to... foods, chemicals and environmental or occupational triggers."