Food Woes – ADHD and Eating Disorders
Many individuals with ADHD struggle with eating disorders. Here’s why it happens and what you can do about it.
Many individuals with ADHD struggle with eating disorders. Here’s why it happens and what you can do about it.
An interview with Dr. Patricia Quinn explores the special challenges faced by girls and women who have ADHD.
It can be surprising to find out that people with ADHD are prone to obesity. Several key characteristics of ADHD can contribute to the development of an eating disorder. In this post, we talk with Dr. Dukarm about the links between ADHD and eating disorders. She is the founder and director of the Center for Eating Disorders, an outpatient treatment center that specializes in the overlap between disordered eating symptoms and attention problems.
Over the years we’ve written a lot of great posts about ADHD. We thought you might find it helpful to get a quick index to all of the topical posts. When you scan down the list it seems like there are few topics regarding high school and college students with ADHD that we haven’t covered!