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“Eating with ADHD: Improving Your Relationship with Food” [Video Replay & Podcast #549]

Access the video replay, listen to the podcast episode (#549), and learn how to get a certificate of attendance for this webinar on eating with ADHD originally broadcast on March 25, 2025.

ADHD Expert: Nicole DeMasi Malcher, MS, RD, CDCES Updated on May 11, 2025
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Episode Description

People with ADHD may struggle with disordered eating patterns due to the condition’s impact on executive function, emotional regulation, and reward processing. Research shows that ADHD significantly impacts eating behaviors through multiple mechanisms, including altered hunger and satiety signaling, difficulties with meal planning and preparation, increased emotional eating, and the use of food for dopamine stimulation.

Most recommendations around nutrition and healthy eating fail to address these neurobiological challenges, often promoting restrictive diets that can worsen both mental health and eating behaviors in individuals with ADHD. People with neurological differences require specialized approaches beyond conventional dietary advice.

Intuitive eating, when adapted for the ADHD brain, provides an evidence-based framework that works with rather than against ADHD traits. This approach helps reduce overwhelm, prevent binge eating, and create sustainable eating habits without triggering the restriction-binge cycle common in ADHD.

In this webinar, you will learn:

  • How ADHD’s neurological differences affect eating behaviors, including hunger and fullness cues, executive function challenges in meal preparation, and the brain’s reward response to food
  • The connection between ADHD and disordered eating patterns and why traditional dieting approaches often fail or cause harm
  • Why intuitive eating principles, when modified for ADHD, can effectively address common challenges like emotional eating and food-related overwhelm
  • Practical strategies to implement ADHD-friendly eating habits that support both physical and mental health without restrictive dieting
  • Specific techniques to manage executive function challenges around meal planning, grocery shopping, and food preparation

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Obtain a Certificate of Attendance

If you attended the live webinar on March 25, 2025, watched the video replay, or listened to the podcast, you may purchase a certificate of attendance option (cost: $10). Note: ADDitude does not offer CEU credits. Click here to purchase the certificate of attendance option »

Meet the Expert Speaker

Nicole DeMasi Malcher, MS, RD, CDCES, is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care & Education Specialist with a Master’s Degree in Nutrition & Food Science. After a late ADHD diagnosis, she dedicated her career to helping adults with ADHD heal their relationship with food and body image through intuitive eating and weight-inclusive care.

As the founder of the Eating with ADHD Online Course & Community, she has helped hundreds of individuals develop sustainable, non-restrictive eating habits using ADHD-specific strategies for executive function and emotional regulation.

Drawing from personal experience and over a decade of clinical expertise, DeMasi Malcher empowers adults with ADHD to overcome food-related overwhelm, prevent binge eating, and reconnect with their body’s internal cues, without restrictive dieting.

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