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ARFID Elevates Risk for ADHD, Autism in Youth: New Study

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ARFID is characterized by a failure to meet appropriate nutritional and/or energy needs. ARFID and Neurodevelopment Disorders The study examined parent reports for 30,795 children born between 1992 and 2008, at 9 or 12 years old (depending on their cohort), from the Child and Adolescent Twin Study in Sweden.

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2, 3, 4 Lifestyle factors such as nutrition, exercise, and sleep exert epigenetic changes on DNA that influence how strongly or weakly ADHD genes are expressed. Levels of dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin also increase with exercise, thus improving focus, working memory, and mood to enable better learning. Epub 2008 Nov 11.