Anti-Psychotic Drugs Make Kids Fat

A study by New York researchers found that prescribing Abilify, Risperdal, Seroquel and Zyprexa to children leads to rapid, substantive weight gain. The drugs are used for children displaying symptoms of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, autism, attention deficit disorders and other behaviour problems.

Appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the study involved 205 New York City children between the ages of 4 and 19.

Researchers are uncertain why the drugs cause weight gain but acknowledge that they have a sedation effect which makes the kids less active.

Is it possible that administration of veg-out drugs to children is a contributor to the presumed child obesity crisis? Makes sense to me. Dope the kids and put them in front of a computer or television and let them munch comfort foods all day long. Of course, they're going to get chunky.

One has to wonder how the world was able to function prior to psychologists discovering all these disorders which now need to be treated.