ADHD and overweight in boys: cross-sectional study with birth weight as a controlled factor

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-53

  Hanć, Tomasz ^a   Słopień, Agnieszka ^b   Wolańczyk, Tomasz ^c   Dmitrzak Węglarz, Monika ^b   Szwed, Anita ^a   Czapla, Zbigniew ^a   Durda, Magdalena ^a   Ratajczak, Joanna ^a   Cieślik, Joachim ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

ADHD; Birth body weight; BMI; Body size; Height; Obesity; Overweight; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84962361612     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0531-1     Document Type: Article

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