E22 - What parents should know about the MAHA report

ADHD gets mentioned a lot in the new report from the Make America Healthy Again commission. It’s pitched as part of the “childhood chronic disease crisis,” and the authors make a lot of big claims:

Food additives cause behavioral disordersTime outside can help treat ADHDADHD is overdiagnosed and overtreated

But are any of these claims legit? We asked a licensed psychologist who specializes in learning and thinking differences like ADHD. Dr. Andy Kahn also happens to be Understood’s Associate Director, Behavior Change and Expertise.

He’s spent decades working with kids and families with ADHD...