%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of overweight and obesity among US youth with autism spectrum disorder
%A Carrie J Aigner
%A Justin A Haegele
%A Se¨¢n Healy
%J Autism
%@ 1461-7005
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1362361318791817
%X The purpose of this study was to examine current overweight and obesity prevalence rates among US youth (aged 10¨C17£¿years) with and without autism spectrum disorder, based on the 2016 National Survey of Children¡¯s Health. Analyses of weight status, derived from parent-reported height and weight measures, were conducted for a weighted sample of 875,963 youth with autism spectrum disorder and 31,913,657 typically developing youth. Controlling for age, race/ethnicity, income, and sex, youth with autism spectrum disorder had significantly higher odds of overweight (odds ratio£¿=£¿1.48, p£¿=£¿0.04) and obesity (odds ratio£¿=£¿1.49, p£¿=£¿0.02) compared to typically developing youth. Among youth with autism spectrum disorder, 19.4% were overweight and 23.05% were obese. Among typically developing youth, 14.9% were overweight and 15.91% were obese. Higher odds of obesity were reported for youth with severe autism spectrum disorder (odds ratio£¿=£¿3.35, p£¿<£¿0.01), compared to those with mild autism spectrum disorder
%K developmental disability
%K disability
%K health disparities
%K weight status
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1362361318791817