1 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTHAnswer 1According to the reports published in Loh et al. (2017), intake of sugar does notappear to cast any significant impact on the behaviour of the children. The same results wereconfirmed by the study conducted by Azadbakht and Esmaillzadeh (2012). According tothem, fast food and sweet delivery patterns has no direct association with the attentiondeficient hyperactive disorder in children. However, the prevailing myth among the parentsmostly arises from the fact that sugar is frequently linked as the main attraction in thebirthday and Halloween parties. This is because birthday parties are inherently linked withcakes and chocolates whereas Halloween means candies. In this occasion, children are likelyto remain hyper active like bouncing off the walls or running as they are in companionshipwith a group of population belonging to their same age group. However, these manifestationsof energetic or hyperactive activities among the children is mostly due the adrenaline rushmediated via the secretion of adrenaline hormone that they get with the name of the event oroccasion and thus does not have any direct connection with the consumption of sugar(LiveScience, 2016). However, according to the latest news published in BBC news (2013),in an attempt to hold calmer and relaxing birthday parties, some parents are now makingsugar-free birthday cakes.Answer 2The ideas of the parents in relation to consumption of sugar and its associatedhyperactivity among the children are mostly reinforced via watching the children in thosehyperactive circumstances. The misconception generally comes from the idea the increase inthe blood sugar levels translate into hyperactive behaviour. It is true that person sufferingfrom low blood sugar level (hypoglycaemia) gets an energy boost upon consumption ofglucose (sugar), According to Del Coso et al. (2012), hypoglycaemia results in decrease

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