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Tips to Get Your Kid With ADHD to Eat
It's Common: ADHD and the Uneaten Lunch
Have a Big Breakfast
Offer Snacks Often
Make Food Fun
Serve Smaller Portions of High-Calorie Foods
Create Calmer Dinners
Be Flexible With Meal Times
Should You Ban Food Additives?
Orange Juice and ADHD Meds
How to Deal With Picky Eaters
Above All: Keep Calm, Carry On
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Keith Ayoob, EdD, associate professor of pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City.
Cleveland Clinic: "The Best Treatment Options for ADD or ADHD."
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EatRight.org: "Does my child need a gluten free diet?"
EUFIC: "Fussy Eaters?"
Harvard Medical School: "Jury still out on foods, additives, and ADHD, reports the Harvard Mental Health Letter."
HealthyChildren.org: "Your Child's Diet: A Cause and Cure of ADHD?"
HelpGuide: "ADD/ADHD Treatment in Children."
Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies (ICRHPS) at Tufts Medical Center, Help 4 Kids with ADHD: "Information for Clinicians."
Monastra, V. Parenting Children with ADHD: 10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach (APA Lifetools.) American Psychological Association, 2005.
NAMI: "Medications."
Office of Dietary Supplements: "Iron."