ArticlePediatric obesity2019
Sex and racial/ethnic differences in the association between childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptom subtypes and body mass index in the transition from adolescence to adulthood in the United States.
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- Negative Affectivity and Emotion Dysregulation as Mediators between ADHD and Disordered Eating: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Associations between neurodivergence, learning disabilities and metabolic syndrome risk: evidence from the Health Survey for England.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- ADHD in childhood predicts BMI and body composition measurements over time in a population-based birth cohort.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in a Diverse, Treatment-Seeking Pediatric Overweight/Obesity Sample.Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · 2021Article
- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medications and BMI trajectories: The role of medication type, sex and age.Pediatric obesity · 2021Article
- The Association between ADHD and Obesity: Intriguing, Progressively More Investigated, but Still Puzzling.Brain sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhile attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been associated with higher body mass index (BMI), little research has focused on how this association differs by sex or race/ethnicity.
objectiveTo investigate the association between ADHD and BMI by sex and race/ethnicity (ie, European [EA], African [AA], and Hispanic American [HA]).
methodsData came from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health Waves II to IV (n = 13 332, age: 12-34 years). On the basis of self-reported childhood ADHD symptoms between the ages of 5 and 12 years, participants were categorized into: ADHD predominantly hyperactive/impulsive (ADHD-HI); ADHD predominantly inattentive (ADHD-I); ADHD combined (ADHD-C; a combination of ADHD-HI and ADHD-I symptoms); and non-ADHD.
resultsThe patterns of ADHD-BMI associations in the transition period between adolescence and young adulthood differed by sex and race/ethnicity. Compared with non-ADHD, ADHD-HI was associated with higher BMI among EA males and females, while ADHD-I was associated with higher BMI among EA females. ADHD-C was associated with higher BMI for HA females. We found no evidence of an association among AA males and females and HA males.
conclusionThese study results suggest that the association between ADHD subtypes and BMI might differ across population subgroups in the United States.
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