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The Relationship between Food Insecurity and Symptoms of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children: A Summary of the Literature.
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- Childhood Material Hardship Linked to Adolescent Neurocognition: A Computational Modeling Approach.Developmental science · 2026Article
- Food Insecurity and the Nexus of Co-Occurring Parental Distress and Child Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Black-White Disparity in Child Hyperactivity-Inattention Problems in Families Living Without Sufficient Foods.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
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- Child Behavioral Scores Correlate With Prenatal Tobacco and Marijuana Exposure, Sociodemographic Variables and Interactions of Default Mode and Dorsal Attention Networks.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Food insecurity in the household: Interventions tackling children's food insecurity, a commentary on a systematic review.Journal of family & child health · 2024Article
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- Household food insecurity and health service use for mental and substance use disorders among children and adolescents in Ontario, Canada.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2023Article
- Household Food Insecurity and Cognition in Youth and Young Adults with Youth-Onset Diabetes.Pediatric diabetes · 2023Article
- Food Insecurity Screening in a Pediatric Clinic: Findings on Documentation and Multidimensional Care Needs.The Permanente journal · 2022Article
- Associations between Dietary Intake and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Scores by Repeated Measurements in School-Age Children.Nutrients · 2022Article
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- 'Mens sana in corpore Sano': Home food consumption implications over child cognitive performance in vulnerable contexts.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Longitudinal Trajectories of Food Insecurity in Childhood and Their Associations With Mental Health and Functioning in Adolescence.JAMA network open · 2021Article
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Abstract
Food insecurity is a major public health concern characterized by an individual or household lacking access to adequate food to support a healthy lifestyle. Food insecurity has been associated with predisposing or exacerbating mental health symptoms in children. However, the evidence is scarce with regards to Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms in children. The purpose of this review is to summarize and identify gaps in the existing literature, as well as to explore associations between food insecurity and symptoms of childhood ADHD. Literature for this review was pulled from Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed library databases, with a focus on food insecurity, food insufficiency, hunger, and ADHD symptoms such as inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity in children. The limited evidence to date shows a predictive and inverse relationship between childhood experience of food insecurity and symptoms of ADHD, with lasting impacts into adulthood. Evidence exists to hypothesize that childhood food insecurity is associated with predisposing or exacerbating ADHD symptoms in children, yet the literature needed to confirm this relationship is scarce and utilizes inconsistent methodology. Future research is needed to further characterize this complex relationship and inspire community or public health interventions addressing food insecurity in children with ADHD. Additionally, it may be clinically useful to routinely screen for food insecurity when assessing pediatric ADHD symptoms.
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