In response to the study, the Food Standards Agency advised parents to monitor their children's activity and, if they noted a marked change with food containing

In response to the study, the Food Standards Agency advised parents to monitor their children's activity and, if they noted a marked change with food containing additives, to adjust their diets accordingly, eliminating artificial colors and preservatives. That's stupid too. Parents aren't going to monitor children's behavior scientifically. They aren't going to record it carefully and objectively and compare it to control data previously recorded. This advice will simply lead them to act on whims and fancies.