Good Question: Does Sugar Really Make Kids Hyperactive?
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) – It doesn't matter if it's from cookies, candies, cakes or sodas. Parents say kids plus sweets can equal a nightmare. In this Good Question: Does sugar really make kids hyperactive?
ANSWER: Gail Woodward-Lopez, the Associate Director of the UC Berkeley Atkins Center on Obesity, said there is no scientific evidence that sugar makes kids hyper. However, sugar can make children obese.
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