ADHD Linked to Binge Eating in Children

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ADHD Linked to Binge Eating in Children

Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are substantially more likely to have an eating disorder similar to binge eating, new research shows.


Investigators at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, in Baltimore, Maryland, found that children with ADHD were more than 12 times more likely to have loss of control eating syndrome than their counterparts without ADHD.


Moreover, the presence of loss of control eating syndrome was positively associated with impulsivity, indicating that there may be a common biological mechanism linking ADHD and disinhibited eating.


“Taken together, these findings suggest that examining issues of response control related to loss of control eating syndrome in ADHD should be considered with the goal of understanding both eating-specific and behavioral aspects of impulse control,” the investigators, led by Shauna P. Reinblatt, MD, write.


“Screening for ADHD or targeting impulse control may inform treatment and future research into treatment strategies for loss of control eating syndrome,” they add.


The research was published online April 9 in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.

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