Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most commonly diagnosed childhood psychiatric disorders, with prevalence 5 - 10 % in general population. This developmental disordes is manifested in every part of children's behavior and it is characterized by inadequate level of attention, excessive activity and impulsivity. ADHD is a complex disorder influenced by genetic and environmental factors, characterized by variol symptomatology, etiology and heterogeneous development. It is a model disorder for combination of interaction of genetic, neurobiological and environmental factors. The aim of the presented study was to describe the variability of somatic development of ADHD children. The main aim wass to analyze the growth of medicated and non-medicated ADHD children compared with population norms. Partial question is to identify factors which may be conneted with these changes, e. g. specific life style of this group. In order to ansewer these question two independent studies were provided- the first focused on anthropometric examination, the second focused on eating habits and lifestyle in ADHD children. According to the results of the first study there are differences in anthropometric parameters between the group of ADHD children compared to control children and also between the...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:329268 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Kuželová, Hana |
| Contributors | Ptáček, Radek, Škoda, Jiří, Hrdlička, Michal |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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