An Alternative History of Hyperactivity
Food Additives and the Feingold Diet
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2011
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-5016-9 (ISBN)
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-5016-9 (ISBN)
In 1973, San Francisco allergist Ben Feingold created an uproar by claiming that synthetic food additives triggered hyperactivity, then the most commonly diagnosed childhood disorder in the United States. He contended that the epidemic should not be treated with drugs such as Ritalin but, instead, with a food additive-free diet. Parents and the media considered his treatment, the Feingold diet, a compelling alternative. Physicians, however, were skeptical and designed dozens of trials to challenge the idea. The resulting medical opinion was that the diet did not work and it was rejected.
Matthew Smith asserts that those scientific conclusions were, in fact, flawed. An Alternative History of Hyperactivity explores the origins of the Feingold diet, revealing why it became so popular, and the ways in which physicians, parents, and the public made decisions about whether it was a valid treatment for hyperactivity. Arguing that the fate of Feingold's therapy depended more on cultural, economic, and political factors than on the scientific protocols designed to test it, Smith suggests the lessons learned can help resolve medical controversies more effectively.
Matthew Smith asserts that those scientific conclusions were, in fact, flawed. An Alternative History of Hyperactivity explores the origins of the Feingold diet, revealing why it became so popular, and the ways in which physicians, parents, and the public made decisions about whether it was a valid treatment for hyperactivity. Arguing that the fate of Feingold's therapy depended more on cultural, economic, and political factors than on the scientific protocols designed to test it, Smith suggests the lessons learned can help resolve medical controversies more effectively.
MATTHEW SMITH is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, UK. He received the American Association for the History of Medicine's Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Award in 2010.
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Food for Thought
2. Why Your Child Is Hyperactive
3. Feingold Goes Public
4. The Problem with Hyperactivity
5. “Food Just Isn’t What It Used to Be”
6. The Feingold Diet in the Media
7. Testing the Feingold Diet
8. Feingold Families
9. Conclusion
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.7.2011 |
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Reihe/Serie | Critical Issues in Health and Medicine |
Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 540 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie | |
Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8135-5016-5 / 0813550165 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8135-5016-9 / 9780813550169 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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