Prevalence of obesity and overweight among Chinese children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a survey in Zhejiang Province, China

BMC Psychiatry

Research Article

Zhengyan Zhao¹  Suhan Zhang²  Rongwang Yang²  Rong Li²  Shujiong Mao³ 

[1] Department of Child Health Care, The Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China;Department of Child Psychology, The Children’s Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China;Department of Pediatrics, The First People’s Hospital of Hangzhou, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China;

关键词: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder;    Obesity;    Comorbidity;    Children;    Prevalence;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-13-133

 received in 2012-11-29, accepted in 2013-05-07,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often comorbid with psychiatric and developmental disorders. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of obesity and overweight among Chinese children with ADHD, and to explore which subtypes of the disorder may specifically be associated with obesity/overweight.MethodsChildren meeting the DSM-IV criteria for ADHD were enrolled in the study. Weight, weight z-score, height, height z-score, BMI, and BMI z-score were used to evaluate growth status. Obesity and overweight were determined using the National Growth Reference for Chinese Children and Adolescents. Relations between the prevalence of obesity/overweight and different ADHD subtypes and pubertal development were analyzed.ResultsA total of 158 children with ADHD (mean age: 9.2 years) were recruited for the study. The prevalences of obesity, overweight, and combined obesity/overweight were 12.0%, 17.1%, and 29.1%, respectively, which were significantly higher than in the general Chinese population (2.1%, 4.5%, and 6.6%, respectively). Multivariable analysis showed that the children with the combined subtype of ADHD and the onset of puberty were at a higher risk of becoming obese or overweight.ConclusionsThe prevalence of obesity in Chinese children with ADHD is higher than that of the general population. Children with the ADHD combined subtype who were at the onset of puberty were more likely to be overweight or obese.

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