
This week Dr. Phyllis Dennery, Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Neonatology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and University of Pennsylvania, and Associate Editor for our State of the Art articles includes the following information regarding a most interesting article:
We are all familiar with the urban legends describing well-behaved children turning into whirling monsters by merely drinking a soda or eating candy. Is there any truth to the impact of diet on attention in children? In this month’s State of the Art Review, Millichap and Yee (doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-2199) do a wonderful job of carefully dissecting the existing data and coming to well thought out conclusions on this challenging topic.