ADHD and Eating Disorders: Research, Diagnosis & Treatment Guidelines

ADHD commonly overlaps with eating disorders, in part due to ADHD traits like impulsivity, executive function deficits, low dopamine production, and more. For patients with ADHD and an eating disorder, clinicians must understand the interplay between conditions and actively treat both. Here’s how.

adhdnutritionist

July 13, 2021 at 10:27 am

Why are obesity and being less successful with weight loss included in a article about eating disorders? Especially when dieting is a major risk factor for developing an ED. As dietitian that works with this population, that is not a necessary (and potentially triggering) thing to include in an article about EDs not to mention it’s fatphobic…