ArticleNutrients2022
Do Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Follow a Different Dietary Pattern than That of Their Control Peers?
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- Dietary Carbohydrates and ADHD Symptoms: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2026Pooled it
- Nutritional Problems in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Narrative Review.Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Daily Routines and Habits in Individuals with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Scoping Review.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Association of unprocessed and ultra-processed food consumption and ADHD symptoms: evidence from a Brazilian population-based cohort.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2026Article
- A case and literature review of hypokalemic periodic paralysis associated with heavy cola consumption.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Association between dietary n-6/n-3 ratio and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder among American children and adolescents: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Lipids in health and disease · 2025Article
- Associations between dietary inflammatory index (DII) scores and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Gut-Brain Inflammatory Pathways in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: The Role and Therapeutic Potential of Diet.Metabolites · 2025Review
- Original article: adolescent dietary patterns derived using principal component analysis and neuropsychological functions: a cross-sectional analysis of Walnuts Smart Snack cohort.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
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- The impact of trans fatty acids on ADHD in relation to the gut microbiome.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Validity and Reproducibility of a Spanish EPIC Food Frequency Questionnaire in Children and Adolescents.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Anthropometric status of preschoolers and elementary school children with ADHD: preliminary results from the EPINED study.Pediatric research · 2023Article
- Nutrition in the Management of ADHD: A Review of Recent Research.Current nutrition reports · 2023Review
- [Physical growth and dietary characteristics of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a cross-sectional study].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2023Article
- Associations between Dietary Intake and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Scores by Repeated Measurements in School-Age Children.Nutrients · 2022Article
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Abstract
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders in children and adolescents. A current area of interest is the association between ADHD and food consumption. The aim of this study was to determine the food consumption and dietary patterns of children with and without ADHD in relation to their age and ADHD presentation. The study involved 259 preschoolers aged 3 to 6 years old (57 with ADHD and 202 controls) and 475 elementary-school-age children, aged 10 to 12 years old (213 with ADHD and 262 controls) from Spain. ADHD was diagnosed in accordance with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th edition) from Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children interviews. Eating data were collected using a food consumption frequency questionnaire, and principal component analysis was carried out to analyze dietary patterns. Western-like, sweet, and healthy patterns were identified. The ADHD group was negatively associated with the healthy pattern (p < 0.001) and positively associated with the Western-like diet (p = 0.004). Children with inattentive presentation showed lower adherence (12.2%) to a healthy pattern than that of the control group (39.9%) (p < 0.001). There is an association between ADHD and dietary habits; children with inattentive presentation may particularly be at risk of unhealthy eating habits.
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