BACKGROUND: Some recent studies have reported strong links between obesity and ADHD in adults; however, to date, little work has focussed on possible behavioural mechanisms that could account for this association. METHOD: This study used structural equation modelling (SEM) in a sample of healthy adult women to test the predictions that ADHD symptoms predict aspects of overeating, including binge eating and emotionally-induced eating, which in turn are positively correlated with Body Mass Index. RESULTS: The SEM produced a non-significant chi-square and both the measurement model and the structural model fit the data very well. CONCLUSIONS: Plausible mechanisms are discussed to help explain how the symptomatology of ADHD could foster different forms of overeating.
BACKGROUND: Some recent studies have reported strong links between obesity and ADHD in adults; however, to date, little work has focussed on possible behavioural mechanisms that could account for this association. METHOD: This study used structural equation modelling (SEM) in a sample of healthy adult women to test the predictions that ADHD symptoms predict aspects of overeating, including binge eating and emotionally-induced eating, which in turn are positively correlated with Body Mass Index. RESULTS: The SEM produced a non-significant chi-square and both the measurement model and the structural model fit the data very well. CONCLUSIONS: Plausible mechanisms are discussed to help explain how the symptomatology of ADHD could foster different forms of overeating.
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