ADHD in childhood may be linked to obesity in adults [View all]

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Source: United Press International

U.S. men who had attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder as children weighed 19 pounds more at age 41 than those with no ADHD, researchers say.

Study co-author F. Xavier Castellanos, a psychiatrist at the Child Study Center at New York University Langone Medical Center in New York, and colleagues at Verona University in Italy; the Institute for Psychiatric Research in Orangeburg, N.Y.; and the Neuroingenia Clinical and Research Center in Mexico said ADHD might affect up to 11 percent of U.S. children, the majority boys.

The study involved 207 white boys with childhood ADHD -- mean age of 8.3 -- interviewed at ages 18-25 and age 41. At age 18, 178 boys without ADHD were recruited.

At 41, 111 men with childhood ADHD and 111 men without childhood ADHD self-reported their weight and height.

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This article and study offer a one sided evaluation of the facts. Medications taken for Adhd which include Ritalin, Dexedrine, desoxyn, and other Substituted phenethylamines cause a cascade of hormone reactions in the body which overload the adrenals and lead to chronically elevated cortisol levels. Chronically elevated cortisol levels are known to cause numerous health problems such as high blood pressure, water retention, elevated glucose which can eventuality lead to full blown diabetes. Elevated cortisol levels can also make common stimuli the source of chronic anxiety.
I have never been in favor of medicating young children with strong stimulants, and I see it no different than giving a child cocaine or methamphetamine as an alternative to attending to the child in a responsible manner. I understand that parents are overworked and underpaid and this can make it difficult to supervise and structure our child's life as much as we would like to. Still there must be a better alternative than sympathomimetic drugging which zombifies our children.