Dietary patterns of the Mediterranean diet can be related to a lower diagnose of the attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics, led by María Izquierdo Pulido, Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences of the University of Barcelona, and José Ángel Alda, Head of the area of Psychiatry at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital (Barcelona).

The study, which is the first scientific work dealing with the relation between the Mediterranean diet and ADHD in children and adolescents, evokes that some unhealthy eating habits could play a role in the development of this psychiatric disorder. However, new researchers are necessary to establish the causality between nutrient-poor eating habits and ADHD, according to the authors. Researchers Alejandra Ríos Hernández and Andreu Farran Codina, from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences of the UB, and Estrella Ferreira García, from the Faculty of Psychology of the same University, have signed the study too.

The Mediterranean Diet and ADHD in Children and Adolescents.
Ríos-Hernández A, Alda JA, Farran-Codina A, Ferreira-García E, Izquierdo-Pulido M.
Pediatrics. 2017 Feb;139(2)
doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-2027

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/01/26/peds.2016-2027..info

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/01/health/mediterranean-diet-kids-study/index.html

http://www.webmd.com/add-adhd/childhood-adhd/news/20170130/could-the-mediterranean-diet-help-prevent-adhd#1