Did you know that there now seems to be a definite link between ADHD symptoms and obesity later on in life? A study has just been published which seems to strongly indicate this. It was a very large study in that it followed 15,000 children for a fifteen year period from 1995 to 2009. This study has just been published in the International Journal of Obesity.
When these children became adults, they had to report which or any ADHD symptoms they had as children. The study found that there was a definite correlation. The adults who were suffering from obesity had more ADHD symptoms when they were children. In fact they calculated that those kids who had signs of ADHD in their youth were up to 50% more likely to be obese in adult
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