Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast Series by Attitude magazine.

Hi I'm Susan Cloughten, I'm here for Attitude Magazine's weekly ADHD experts webinar series.

You will not be surprised to hear that nationally we have a considerable struggle against the scale and difficulties

of weight loss are pretty commonplace and talked about frequently in popular media.

But what you may not realize is that this topic, both weight gain and

weight loss has a special phalanence for adults of attention deficit

disorder. We're very pleased to welcome today our speaker, Dr Robert

Olavardia, who's going to tell us about studies that

indicate the correlation between an ADHD diagnosis and a higher risk of

obesity, as well as the reason people with ADHD face special challenges losing weight.

Dr. Olavardia will offer some ADHD friendly tips for healthy eating as for both

adults and families with ADHD. Dr. Olavardia is a frequent guest on attitude.

We're always thrilled to have him.

He's a clinical instructor of psychology

at Harvard Medical School.

And he maintains a private psychotherapy practice

in Lexington, Massachusetts, where he specializes in the treatment

of attention deficit disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, and obsessive-cultive disorder.

He sits on the advisory board for Attitude Magazine,

the Science Week Advisory Board,

and as well as on the professional advisory board for Chad.

So Dr. Olverday, thank you so much for joining us today.

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