Synonyms for ADHD
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1. attention deficit disorder, ADD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage, MBDnoun

   a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders

   Synonyms:
   hyperkinetic syndrome, attention deficit disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, minimal brain damage, minimal brain dysfunction

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1. List of paraphrases for "adhd":

   hda

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1. ADHD

   Synonyms:
   Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
   

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1. Seema Kumar:

   Our finding of sex-specific differences in the association between ADHD and obesity may be related to some extent to unique differences in the subtypes of ADHD seen in females compared to males.

2. Seema Kumar:

   Parents and doctors should encourage healthy eating and active lifestyle in all patients with ADHD, additionally, weight monitoring should be incorporated as part of routine care of all patients with ADHD so that excess weight can be detected early and that efforts to prevent further weight gain can be instituted in a timely fashion.

3. Nicole Pratt:

   This information will help clinicians and parents weigh up the risks against the benefits of treatment particularly in mild cases of ADHD.

4. Julie Schweitzer:

   The focus of treating a child with ADHD should be less on the hyperactivity, as it may be a booster for cognitive functioning. If a child with ADHD is moving more and not interfering with others, they should let the child move.

5. Elaine Taylor-Klaus:

   For some people [with ADHD], there's a need for constant stimulation, what a fidget allows some people -- not all people -- with ADHD to do is to focus their attention on what they want to focus on, because there's sort of a background motion that's occupying that need.