The goal of this observational study is to learn about the effect of eating behavior and snack consumption patterns among children with ADHD. The main question it aims to answer is: Does snack consumption increase insidenc and severity of ADHD?? Participants will answer survey questions about their eating behavior and snack consumption patterns.
To investigate how beverage and snack consumption patterns and child eating behaviours differ between children with ADHD and matched healthy controls and explore the association between these patterns and ADHD status among children attending Sohag University Hospital.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
150
• The Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire (CEBQ). and Beverage and snack questionnaire to asses eating behavior and snack consumption patterns among children with ADHD
Child eating behavior score
a 35-item assessing eating style in children. Eating style is assessed on eight scales: food responsiveness (4 items), enjoyment of food (4 items), emotional overeating (4 items), desire to drink (3 items), satiety responsiveness (5 items), slowness in eating (4 items), and emotional undereating (4 items), and fussiness (7 items). Informants rate the frequency of their child's behaviors and experiences on a 5-point scale: 1 = never, 2 = rarely, 3 = sometimes, 4 = often, 5 = always
Time frame: Baseline (at a single piont during questionnaire administration)
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