ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2015
ADHD and overweight in boys: cross-sectional study with birth weight as a controlled factor.
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- A Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Birth Weight and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2018Pooled it
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Obesity: Update 2016.Current psychiatry reports · 2017Pooled it
- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and being overweight/obesity: New data and meta-analysis.Clinical psychology review · 2016Pooled it
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- Eating behavior-mediated association between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and body fat mass.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Management for Caries Prevention in ADHD Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- ADHD in childhood predicts BMI and body composition measurements over time in a population-based birth cohort.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2022Article
- Association between Marginally Low Birth Weight and Obesity-Related Outcomes and Indirect Effects via Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Abnormal Eating.Obesity facts · 2022Article
- Association of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder With Events Occurring During Pregnancy and Perinatal Period.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Excessive Weight Gain and Dental Caries Experience among Children Affected by ADHD.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The role of genetic and environmental influences on the association between childhood ADHD symptoms and BMI.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2019Article
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- Age-Related Changes in Resting-State EEG Activity in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2017Article
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- Childhood hyperactivity/inattention and eating disturbances predict binge eating in adolescence.Psychological medicine · 2015Article
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Abstract
Population studies indicate a strong relationship between birth weight (BW) and body size in later life. However, BW as a variable was never accounted for in studies on the relationship between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and overweight. This study aims to assess the relationship between ADHD and overweight with control of birth weight and other confounding factors. Prevalence of overweight was compared in clinical sample of 219 boys with ADHD and 396 boys without ADHD, aged 6-18 years. The following factors were controlled: BW, parents income and education level, place of residence, ADHD type, selected comorbid disorders and stimulant treatment. Overweight and obesity were diagnosed according to the criteria proposed by the International Obesity Task Force. Logistic regression analysis was used to estimate the association between ADHD and the prevalence of overweight and obesity. Boys with ADHD differed significantly from the control group in distribution of low BW (8.2 vs. 3.0 %, χ (2) = 8.23, p = 0.02). Low BW was associated with a lower prevalence of overweight than normal and high BW (0 vs. 12.14 %, χ (2) = 4.12, p = 0.04). Overweight was observed significantly more often in boys with ADHD (17.3 vs. 8.3 %, χ (2) = 11.23, p < 0.001) even after adjustment for BW and other variables (OR = 2.44, 95 % CI 1.38-4.29, p = 0.002) and after controlling for ADHD type, stimulant treatment and selected comorbid disorders. Independently to applied analysis, obesity was not associated with ADHD. Lower birth weight is over twice more often observed in boys with ADHD than in control group. Although this phenomenon may reduce the rate of overweight in the studied group, ADHD remains strongly associated with increased prevalence of overweight.
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