Examining the relationship between Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder and overweight in children and adolescents

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-49

  Erhart, Michael ^a,b   Herpertz Dahlmann, Beate ^c   Wille, Nora ^a   Sawitzky Rose, Barbara ^a   Hölling, Heike ^d   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Central Research Institute of Ambulatory Health Care in Germany   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children and adolescents; Eating problems; Epidemiological study; Overweight obesity

Indexed keywords

ADHD RATING SCALE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK;

EID: 84860563702     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-011-0230-0     Document Type: Article

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