VERANDERT NAHRUNGSPHOSPHAT NEUROPSYCHOLOGISCHE FUNKTIONEN UND VERHALTENSMERKMALE HYPERKINETISCHER UND IMPULSIVER KINDER?

Abstract

The hypothesis that behavioral disorders in children, notably excessive impulsiveness and hyperkinesis, can be generated by exogenous phosphates was tested in 35 children with standardised behaviour observation protocols. 14 of the 35 parents had observed improvements in the children's behaviour with a low phosphate diet, considerably more so after publication of dietary consequences in the lay press. Standardised observation protocols and test procedures did not show any diet effect. In a double blind trial acute behavioural deterioration followed both phosphate and placebo consumption. The frequency distinctions of the observed behavioural determination between the phosphate and placebo group were not significant statistically. The investigations carried out did not indicate that behavioural disorders in children can be generated or maintained by dietary phosphates.