Garden based diet therpay reduces adhd symptomatology in school going students Malavika G1, Beela G.K.2, Chandran Anitha3 1Msc Student, Department of Community Science, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Email id: malavikamalu998@gmail.com 2Associate Professor, Department of Community Science, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Email id: beela.gk@kau.in 3Assistant Professor, Department of Community Science, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Email id: anithaaniltvm@gamil.com Online published on 17 September, 2019. Abstract Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder is also a neurobehavioural disorder and is alarmingly increasing in the society. Recent studies on nutrition and ADHD recommends that elimination of certain foods from the diet reduces symptoms of ADHD. The present study was carried out with questionnaire in the form of rating scale to determine the food consumption patter, frequency and preference of the students with ADHD undergoing garden based nutrition education. The sample of the study consisted of 103 students with ADHD symptoms from schools of Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam district which was categorized into two groups experimental (53) and control group (50). The garden based nutrition intervention was imparted to the experimental group and the participation of the students were recorded by providing participation index score for each activity. The control group was only subjected to nutrition education intervention. The statistical analysis was carried out using correlation and T test compare the pre and post intervention scores. The current pre post study establishes that elimination of sugar, maida; chocolate, bakery items and fizzy drinks in the diet can reduce the ADHD symptoms through the garden based nutrition intervention method. Top Keywords ADHD-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Diet Intervention, DSM IV criteria, ADHD symptoms, Garden based nutrition intervention. Top |