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S12-01 - ADHD In Adults: Is there a Relationship Between Obesity and Circadian Based Sleep Disturbances?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2020
Abstract
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Objective
The scope of this presentation is to investigate the possible relationship between a delayed sleep phase and the timing of other activities, like meals and other disturbances of eating habits.
Methods
The literature will be reviewed and preliminary data from own research regarding these associations will be presented.
Results
The delayed sleep phase has been shown to occur in many children and in around 80% of adults with ADHD (Van Veen ea, accepted for publication, 2009). Adult patients with ADHD who get up relatively too early according to their biological clock, tend to skip breakfast. Skipping breakfast is associated with binge eating in the afternoon; both binge eating and skipping breakfast are associated with overweight and obesity. According to the literature, the prevalence of ADHD and sleepproblems is increased in obese patients; the higher the BMI, the higher the chance of ADHD.
Conclusions
ADHD and the very frequently comorbid delayed sleep phase disorder may be associated with a delayed timing of meals that may lead to overweight and obesity.
- Type
- Adult ADHD: understanding and improvement of its evaluation and treatment, part I
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- Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2010
References
Van Veen, M.M. Kooij, J.J.S. Boonstra, A.M. Van Someren, E.J.W.. Disrupted circadian rhythm in adults with ADHD and chronic sleep onset insomnia' (2009, accepted for publication).Google Scholar
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