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"The Effect of Vitamin-Mineral Supplementation on the Intelligence of American Schoolchildren: A Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial. Schoenthaler SJ; Bier ID; et al. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2000 February, 6(l):19-29. Vitamin-mineral supplementation significantly increased the nonverbal intelligence of a minority of American schoolchildren. Parents of children with low academic performance should obtain a full nutritional assessment. Randomized Study of Cognitive Effects of Iron Supplementation in Non-anaemic Iron-deficient Adolescent Girls." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"ICSPP is currently publicizing the dangers of the widespread psychiatric screening of schoolchildren with its inevitable result of even higher rates of medicating children. I founded ICSPP in 1972, and my wife, Ginger, began adding her leadership as executive director in the mid-1980s. Several years ago, we transferred leadership of the organization to younger individuals including the current director, New York City psychotherapist Dr. Dominick Riccio." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Vitamin-mineral supplementation significantly increased the nonverbal intelligence of a minority of American schoolchildren. Parents of children with low academic performance should obtain a full nutritional assessment. Randomized Study of Cognitive Effects of Iron Supplementation in Non-anaemic Iron-deficient Adolescent Girls. Bruner AB; et al. Lancet, 1996 October 12, 348(9033):992-996. This double-blind, placebo-controlled study examined the effects of 13 mg per day of supplemental iron for 8 weeks on cognitive function in adolescent girls with non-anemic iron deficiency." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "Exposure to Lead and Specific Attentional Problems in schoolchildren." Journal of'Learning Disabilities 27', no. 6 0une/July 1994): 393-398. Muniyappa, R., et al. "Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) Secretion in Healthy Older Men and Women: Effects of Testosterone and Growth Hormone Administration in Older Men. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (August 22, 2006). Needleman, Herbert L., ed. Human Lead Exposure. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1991. Needleman, Herbert L., et al. "Bone Lead Levels and Delinquent Behavior." JAMA 275 (1996): 363-69. Needleman, Herbert L. " - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.) "The Effect of Vitamin-Mineral Supplementation on Juvenile Delinquency Among American Schoolchildren: A Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial. Schoenthaler SJ; Bier ID. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 2000 February, 6(1):7-17. According to this study, adequate nutrition lowers institutional violence and antisocial behavior by almost half. ?¦¦ Differential Behavioral Effects of Plasma Tryptophan Depletion and Loading in Aggressive and Nonaggressive Men. Bjork JM; Dougherty DM; et al. Neu-ropsychopharmacology, 2000 April, 22(4):357-369." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Romains's satire, which is still read by French schoolchildren, is the story of an ambitious doctor who comes to the sleepy town of Saint-Maurice. Dr. Knock buys the practice of the town's longtime physician, who was known for telling patients that time would heal their afflictions. Dr. Knock decides he is not satisfied with the meager financial rewards that come from offering such medical advice. He vows to bring medical progress to Saint-Maurice, while producing riches for himself. Quickly, Dr." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "It was not just schoolchildren being charged with crimes involving prescription drugs that week. Two days after the incident on the Indiana school bus, Michigan authorities charged an assistant principal at West Middle School in Ypsilanti with stealing tablets of Adderall, a stimulant made of amphetamine, from a school cabinet. Students diagnosed with ADHD had legally brought the pills to school. Officials at the Ypsilanti middle school had found more than two hundred Adderall tablets missing from the locked cupboard." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "Some studies have said that as many as 20 percent of schoolchildren meet the symptoms of the disorder as listed in the DSM. The government has never approved the use of Paxil by children, but doctors can legally prescribe it to whomever they want. The antidepressant comes with its own long list of side effects. Some people taking it have become manic, impulsive, and ceaselessly restless. Peter remembered how the mix of the powerful drugs made him feel "loopy." "I was out of it all the time," he said. "I just needed someone to spend more time with me." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.) "The staff of the TeenScreen program, which had its offices in Manhattan, offered to test schoolchildren regularly for a variety of mental illnesses. Their mission—to reduce teenage suicides—was a noble one. The problem was that scientific studies had not been able to prove that the benefits of such screening outweighed the possible harm, which includes the danger of diagnosing and prescribing medications to students who are not mentally ill. The pharmaceutical industry had long been involved in promoting Dr. Shaffer's work. For example, at the press conference in 2000 at which Dr." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"Prevalence and correlates of physical activity behaviors among elementary schoolchildren in multiethnic, low income, inner-city neighborhoods in Montreal, Canada. Ann. Epidemiol. 9, 397-407. 116. DiLorenzo, T. M., Stucky-Ropp, R. C, Vander Wal, J. S., and Gotham, H. J. (1998). Determinants of exercise among children. II. A longitudinal analysis. Prevent. Med. 27, 470-477. 117. Simons-Morton, B. G., McKenzie, T. J., Stone, E., Mitchell, P., Osganian, V., Strikmiller, P. K, Ehlinger, S., Cribb, P., and Nader, P. R. (1997)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Some 30 percent of U.S. schoolchildren are overweight—six times more than in 1980—and another 30 percent are on the cusp. In Lawler's district, an astonishing 97 percent of freshmen in 2001, and again in 2002, were at a healthy weight according to body mass index guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). In the spring of 2005, an independent assessment of Naperville 203 students' fitness showed even better results." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"Meanwhile, the nation is rapidly rushing toward something far more menacing—the systematic "mental health screening" of schoolchildren and even infants. The federal government's New Freedom Commission supports both Early Mental Health Screening in the schools, and the Texas Medication Algorithm Project, a pharmaceutical company attempt to enforce guidelines necessitating the use of its products." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.) "CONVINCING THE LEGISLATORS I WAS TESTIFYING before a committee of the Colorado State Legislature concerning why I thought the legislators should oppose the widespread drugging of schoolchildren. As a part of my presentation, I pointed out that medicating children causes some of them to become violent and others to become suicidal. The legislators had a close-to-home example of both in Eric Harris, who was taking Luvox at the time he slaughtered his classmates at Columbine High School and then committed suicide." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"It is a bit like a mother instantly recognizing her child from among a mass of schoolchildren. Planets have orbital resonances. Our sense of hearing operates through a form of entrainment: different parts of a membrane of the inner ear resonate to different frequencies of sound. Resonance even occurs in the seas, as in the tidal resonance of the Bay of Fundy at the northeast end of the Gulf of Maine, near Nova Scotia. Once they march to the same rhythm, things that are entrained send out a stronger signal than they do individually." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"Based on strong evidence in a number of these categories, the panel issued a recommendation that schoolchildren should participate in one hour (or more) of moderate to vigorous physical activity a day. Looking specifically at academic performance, the panel found enough evidence to support the findings of the California studies, and it also reported that physical activity has a positive influence on memory, concentration, and classroom behavior. It didn't specify gym class, but you can see how the students in Naperville are getting a healthy jump start." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"Early in the New Year, word spread throughout the Okanagan Valley, and eventually to the news desks in Vancouver, that forty people, including schoolchildren, were holed up in a building waiting for the apocalypse. Journalists staked out the ranch, making much of the fact that the group wore red capes lined with gold satin and white shirts intended to repel atomic rays. The papers also ran photos of a metallic bread loaf, believed to be one of the sect's devotional objects. If nothing else, the media concluded, congestion in the house constituted a danger to public health." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Shots are mandatory and used routinely for schoolchildren and government workers. Another common vehicle for drugging against germ danger is use of prescription inhalers and pills or potions for personal use. Many over-the-counter drugs and cleaning items advertised to kill germs can also now be purchased. This school of thought probably accounts for 30-40% or much less of medical doctor and hospital case files in recent times. The germ theory school is so pervasive in the American and global consciousness that we devote Chapter 5 to exposing the lie on which it is based." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"McCord's community rallies around the Stephanies of the world rather than just the football team, and as the schoolchildren grow up, a larger percentage will continue to move and be active. They'll grab their kayak or bike instead of their Game Boy, and their minds and moods will be sharper for it. Revolutions rely on youth, but as we've seen with Lawler, Zientarski, and McCord, even adults can make a major shift and recognize how physical activity influences the brain. If Titusville can find the spark, so can the rest of us." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "It's impossible for some, and it's the reason for a lot of disruptive behavior among schoolchildren. I got a dramatic reminder of this about ten years ago on a trip to the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona. As part of the tribe's effort to tackle its community's health issues, I was invited to talk about ADHD to doctors, medical staff, parents, and teachers. ADHD is a huge but largely undiagnosed issue for the reservation kids because the incidence of the disorder among Apaches seems to be much higher than for the general population." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"We now have millions of schoolchildren drugged to the gills on psychiatric drugs. We have inexplicable random acts of violence - mothers killing their children, students attacking fellow students. These are not criminal acts per se but random psychotic outbursts, all of which are caused by prescription psychotropic drugs. The student who shot up Virginia Tech reportedly was on Paxil? He was under anger management and had been for several years, and you don't get involved in those traditional psych schemes without being drugged." "How is it that we don't hear much about this in the news? " - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"In playground tests, these popsicles proved more popular with schoolchildren than those sweetened with sugar. "The results were startling," says Harvey. "It was preferred by a major majority over a sugar-sweetened product." That never happens. The miracle fruit was poised to make billions. Diabetics were already gobbling up miraculin. The corporate behemoths in the sugar industry were hell-bent on its demise. Everybody else wanted a piece of the action. LifeSavers was conducting miraculin tests." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"Following is a portion of the commentary he posted, titled "America's schoolchildren Are Treated Like Lab Rats", as follows: American's schools are beginning to resemble laboratories, and our children are the lab rats. In almost every state across the nation, schoolchildren are being subjected to behavioral exams and mental health tests, often without their parents' knowledge or consent. One such program is the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS). Currently used in at least 45 states." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"ADHD; a national survey suggests that 4 million schoolchildren have ADHD (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2004); and one expert claims that there are 8 million adults with ADHD (AMA Science News, 2004). Treatment rates have increased as well. From 2000 to 2002, 5 million children aged 5-17 were treated for ADHD, up from 2.6 million in 1994-96 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2004: 62). Gender estimates have changed so that now boys are considered 3 to 1 more likely to have ADHD (Biederman et al., 1996)." - Peter Conrad, The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders (Get the book.)

"One Laptop per Child momh At the 2005 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Nicholas Negroponte was met with stunned disbelief when he announced the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative, an ambitious plan to produce a laptop computer for less than a hundred dollars and distribute it free to schoolchildren around the globe. Less than a year later, the founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab proved his doubters wrong." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "So far, 35,000 people from different walks of life—from attorneys to activists, schoolchildren to schoolteachers—have attended the programs. The aim is to create a safe space that allows participants to examine their feelings and thoughts in a group, to pose new possibilities, and to challenge the existing reality. Through its many encounter programs, the School for Peace has not only affected the individual participants but also their friends, colleagues, and families. This is truly courageous work." - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.) "The Culture of Extinction: Tattoos for Dodoes ¦ib Somewhere in America a group of schoolchildren is on a museum field trip, spending the day gawking and giggling at dinosaur bones. These days, dinosaurs adorn everything from coloring books to pajamas, so you would think that Americans spend a lot of time pondering extinction. But how many lesson plans ask the most important question: What does it mean to have a part in causing the extinction of a species?" - Alex Steffen, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century (Get the book.)

"Knowing this, we decided to test what would happen to the intelligence of schoolchildren if given an optimal intake of vitamins and minerals. Gwillym 246 Roberts, a schoolteacher and nutritionist from the Institute for Optimum Nutrition, and Professor David Benton, a psychologist from Swansea University (England), put thirty schoolchildren on a special multivitamin and mineral supplement designed to ensure an optimal intake of key nutrients.1 Another thirty were placed on a placebo." - Patrick Holford, The New Optimum Nutrition Bible (Get the book.)

"In the circumstances, teachers and parents - the two groups with the interests of schoolchildren most at heart - would gain immensely from joining forces to tackle toxic childhood syndrome. Yet the social and cultural environment in which the syndrome flourishes has made this 'adult alliance' increasingly difficult. While the responsibility for reinvigorating the educational adult alliance rests with schools, it also relies on parents recognising that 'red carpet treatment' for their own child at the expense of others isn't on the cards." - Sue Palmer, Toxic Childhood: How the Modern World is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About it (Get the book.)

"It is a good herb for children; a cup of tea before bed can help prevent nightmares and allow for a good night's sleep, and it is excellent to calm the nerves and boost the mood of schoolchildren who are anxious about upcoming tests." - Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., The Desktop Guide to Herbal Medicine: The Ultimate Multidisciplinary Reference to the Amazing Realm of Healing Plants, in a Quick-study, One-stop Guide (Get the book.)

"Violence and Nutritional Problems Studies of criminals, juvenile delinquents, and schoolchildren illustrate certain basic concepts about nutrition, mood, and behavior. Most of us are concerned by the increase in violence in the world. Violence in prisons, however, is an especially serious problem. After all, people who were violent as free citizens are likely to be violent when they're incarcerated. Yet nutritional supplements and dietary improvements have been found to reduce in-prison violence and rule breaking." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.)

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