Adverse effect of artificial food colouring and benzoate preservatives on the behaviour of 3 year old children

Published in the Arch Dis Child 2004;89:506-511 doi:10.1136/adc.2003.031435

The effects of a double blind, placebo controlled, artificial food colourings and benzoate preservative challenge on hyperactivity in a general population sample of preschool children
B Bateman1, J O Warner1, E Hutchinson3, T Dean5, P Rowlandson4, C Gant5, J Grundy5, C Fitzgerald3, J Stevenson2
1Infection, Inflammation and Repair Division, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
2Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
3Department of Clinical Psychology, St Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight, UK
4Department of Paediatrics, St Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight, UK
5David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, St Mary’s Hospital, Isle of Wight, UK

This study can be accessed at: http://adc.bmj.com/content/89/6/506.full
 
The aim of the study was to determine whether artificial food colourings and a preservative in the diet of 3 year old children in the general population influence hyperactive behaviour.
 
Bateman concluded: "There is a general adverse effect of artificial food colouring and benzoate preservatives on the behaviour of 3 year old children"
 
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