ArticleBrain sciences2019
The Association between ADHD and Obesity: Intriguing, Progressively More Investigated, but Still Puzzling.
Article in Brain sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Transcriptomic risk scores for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder.Molecular psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
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- The longitudinal impact of individual and parental emotional factors and individual behavioral factors on weight and disordered eating: A scoping review.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
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- Visits to Health Centers by Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: United States, 2023.NCHS data brief · 2025Article
- Graze Eating and Obesity: A Conceptualization Within the Spectrum of Disordered Eating.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
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- The Views of Adult Weight Management Dietitians on Service Provision for People With Obesity and Severe Mental Illness and/or Learning Disability: A Qualitative Study.Nutrition bulletin · 2025Article
- Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome But Not ADHD Symptoms Increases Risk for Child Body Mass Index: Examination in a Sample of Clinically Referred Youth.Child psychiatry and human development · 2025Article
- Obesity-fertility cohort study: protocol for the assessment of children aged 6-12 years and their mothers.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Associations of the gut microbiome and inflammatory markers with mental health symptoms: a cross-sectional study on Danish adolescents.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Stressed! Grab a bite? Stress eating in adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: An Ecological Momentary Assessment study.Neuroscience applied · 2025Article
- Association Between Exposure to Particulate Matter Air Pollution with Risk of Obesity Among Children and Adolescents in Northern and Central Taiwan.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- ADHD and Risk of Precocious Puberty: Considering the Impact of MPH.Biomedicines · 2024Article
- Overview of Pediatric Obesity as a Disease.Pediatric clinics of North America · 2024Review
- Effectiveness of a game-based high-intensity interval training on executive function and other health indicators of children with ADHD: A three-arm partially-blinded randomized controlled trial.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2024Article
- Comparative Effects of Stimulant and Antipsychotic Medications on Eating Behaviors and Weight in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Self-Reported ADHD Symptoms in Bariatric Patients: Focus on Mood and Anxiety Comorbidity, Disordered Eating, and Temperamental Traits.Obesity surgery · 2024Article
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Abstract
This narrative review is aimed at presenting the most recent evidence on the association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obesity. The review is informed by previous relevant systematic reviews and a search in Pubmed and PsycINFO up to 1 August 2019. Although the association between ADHD and obesity would seem, at first, paradoxical, in the past two decades there has been an increasing number of studies on this topic. The present review shows that there is meta-analytic evidence supporting a significant association between these two conditions, at least in adults. Growing evidence is also being published on the genetic and environmental factors underlying the association. However, the cause-effects paths, as well as the exact mechanisms explaining the association, remain unclear. Additionally, empirical evidence guiding the management/treatment of patients with the two conditions is still limited. Therefore, after almost 20 years from the first report of a link between ADHD and obesity, this association continues to be puzzling.
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