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Abstract
Food is essential for the proper growth and development of children, and excessive consumption of artificial colors in Children’s foods is a serious health problem that has a negative impact on the growth and health of children. The aim of this study was to evaluate a survey of artificial colors in children’s food in Damietta governorate in children aged between 2 and 7 years and its impact on the child’s general health, and development. The study included 200 random Children’s sample for conducted a survey of children’s sweets in supermarkets to identify artificial colors, especially the artificial color.Tartrazine (E102) and the artificial coloring of Carmosine( E122). Baby foods that contain these colors are like: Jelly, Soft drinks, loleta, Children’s candy and other some Children’s foods. Then analyzed some children’s foods containing the artificial colors tartrazine (E102) and carmosine by chromatographic analysis (HPLC) methods. On the artificial color carmosine (E122) strawberry jelly and loleta Then analyzed the percentage of hemoglobin in the blood of the research sample (children), a pre and post analysis, after eating children’s foods containing the artificial colors tartrazine (E102) and carmosine (E122)The results showed that children at the age of three years consumed the most foods for children (56.71%), and then the percentage began to decline for the following age groups. In the first year the child does not eat external food and depends on the mother, there is no percentage of eating. In the second year, the percentage of eating foods containing artificial colors was (0.33%) and in the fourth year, the percentage of eating foods containing artificial colors was similar to the fifth year of the child’s life (12.95%) and the percentage of eating decreased. Foods that contain artificial colors in the sixth year of the child’s life (4.85%), and the rate of the child’s intake in the seventh year of life (12.91%), and it was close to the percentage recorded at the ages of the fourth and fifth years. The results showed that the average concentration of Tartrarine (E 102) in the foods eaten by children (the research sample) was lower than the internationally permissible (7.5 mg per kg of human body). The results showed that the average concentration of carmosine (E 122) in the foods that the children ate (the research sample) was less than the international permissible (4 milligrams per kilogram of the human body). In conclusion, children’s foods containing artificial colors in the foods they ate by Children (the research sample), especially the colored tartrazine and the carmosine stained concentrations were below the internationally permissible limits. But they have a negative impact on children’s health and development in the long term. The study recommends the necessity of providing children with natural meals, encouraging them to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, and avoiding the use of food additives as much as possible.