24/05/2011

Dr. Josep Antoni Ramos-Quiroga, member of the Psychiatry and Mental Health group at Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), responsible for the research line in Attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and coordinator of the program of this disease at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (HUVH), together with the Dra.Vanesa Richarte member of the same group and line and of the children and adults of ADHD at HUVH have participated in a discussion about this disorder in the framework of talks on contemporary pathologies organized by the journal ‘Diario Médico’.Both discussed the importance of a balanced diet and a higher incidence of eating disorders and the possible use of a very restrictive diet in patients with ADHD, because of their impulsivity and inattention encouraging them to neglect regular nutritional and healthy habits. "Scientific evidence shows that there is no strictly direct relationship between diet and ADHD", says Dr. Ramos-Quiroga, who recalls that ADHD patients haven’t "a regular diet or as healthy as it should be”. Dr. Richarte says that because children have sleep disorders, "the time they spent at breakfast is altered, and ignore what we consider a good diet."