OBJECTIVE Previous research on adults with ADHD revealed high rates of overweight and obesity, as well as unhealthy diet habits. Other studies demonstrated that social-affective contexts can influence food choice. This study examines the sensitivity of adults with ADHD to cues of food attractiveness and convenience, for healthy and unhealthy foods. METHOD One hundred and seventy-two university students with (n = 59) and without (n = 113) ADHD, aged 19-40, participated in the study. Participants rated the level of appeal of 32 pictures of healthy and unhealthy foods, which varied in the degree of attractiveness and convenience. RESULTS The findings reveal a higher level of appeal of attractive food items compared to non-attractive ones (p < .001), as well as of convenient compared to non-convenient food items (p = .005). Type of diagnostic group did not have an effect on the level of appeal. CONCLUSION Increasing the attractiveness and convenience of food items increased the level of appeal for both students with and without ADHD. These findings emphasize the importance of environmental health intervention to potentially reduce abnormal eating pattern in the ADHD adult population, which may contribute in preventing the reported higher risk of obesity in this population.

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吸引力和便利性线索对患有和不患有 ADHD 的成年人的食物吸引力的影响

目标 先前对患有 ADHD 的成年人的研究表明，超重和肥胖率很高，以及不健康的饮食习惯。其他研究表明，社会情感环境会影响食物选择。这项研究检查了 ADHD 成人对健康和不健康食品的吸引力和便利性线索的敏感性。方法 172 名患有 (n = 59) 和没有 (n = 113) 多动症的大学生，年龄在 19-40 岁之间，参与了这项研究。参与者对 32 张健康和不健康食品图片的吸引力程度进行了评分，这些图片的吸引力和便利程度各不相同。结果 调查结果显示，与不吸引人的食物相比，有吸引力的食物具有更高的吸引力（p < .001），与不方便的食物相比（p = .005）更方便。诊断组的类型对上诉水平没有影响。结论 增加食品的吸引力和便利性会增加对患有和未患有 ADHD 的学生的吸引力。这些发现强调了环境健康干预对于潜在减少 ADHD 成人人群异常饮食模式的重要性，这可能有助于防止该人群中报告的更高的肥胖风险。