How to support healthy behaviours in children with ADHD

Duration: 8 mins Publication Date: 24 Jan 2023 Next Review Date: 24 Jan 2026 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.13599

Description

Assistant Professor Erin Schoenfelder Gonzalez discusses how children with ADHD are at higher risk than other children for developing unhealthy behaviours related to sleep, physical activity, and screen media use. These behaviours can worsen over time and contribute to long-term health risks. She explores the development of health risks in individuals with ADHD and focuses on ways caregivers can promote positive health habits for their children early in life. Schoenfelder Gonzalez also addresses how exercise can help boost attention and focus, and the importance of screen limits in helping children with ADHD find balance.

Learning Objectives

A. To learn which health behaviours differ for children with ADHD
B. To understand how health behaviours are interconnected and contribute to long-term health risks
C. To recognise ways that parents can help children with ADHD develop strong health behaviours