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David Benton, Professor Emeritus (Human & Health Sciences), Medicine Health and Life Science, Swansea University

Do food additives cause symptoms of ADHD? It’s more complicated than you think

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr has spent years railing against food additives, framing them as part of a broader threat to public health. Now, as the US health secretary, his views have taken on new weight.

Plans are now afoot to start phasing out eight synthetic food dyes in the American food supply, with claims they are harmful and are linked to ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). This has reignited a long-running debate around this subject.

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