title: Differential patterns of disordered eating in subjects with ADHD and overweight.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Despite growing evidence for an association between overweight and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), still little is known about the mechanisms underlying this relationship.
  
  
  METHODS
  Within a two (no ADHD, ADHD) × two (normal weight, overweight) factorial design (n = 94) we tested disordered eating behaviour in a laboratory breakfast procedure as well as delay aversion (DA) in male children aged 7-15 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  While children with ADHD tended to eat above the normal level particularly at the beginning of the meal, children with overweight tended to eat above the normal level throughout the whole meal. Furthermore, preference for immediately available food was predicted by parental ratings of inattention and neuropsychological measures of DA in overweight children, and by impulsivity in children with ADHD.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest distinct neuropsychopathological pathways to abnormal eating in ADHD and overweight. Thus, children with overweight might benefit more from specialized treatment programmes that aim at improving attention functions while in children with ADHD the treatment should focus on impulsivity.
authors: Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Clinics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Wilhelm
authors: Ivo
authors: I
authors: Marx
authors: Kerstin
authors: K
authors: Konrad
authors: Klaus
authors: K
authors: Willmes
authors: Kristian
authors: K
authors: Holtkamp
authors: Timo
authors: T
authors: Vloet
authors: Beate
authors: B
authors: Herpertz-Dahlmann
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003657:Decision Making; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D050177:Overweight / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D012201:Reward