SynthesisScientific reports2017
Association among obesity, overweight and autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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56 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.
- Adverse outcomes for autistic people: an umbrella review of mental health, physical health, social and lifestyle domains.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Altered leptin level in autism spectrum disorder and meta-analysis of adipokines.BMC psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Correlates of Physical Activity of Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of Cross-Sectional Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Autism Spectrum Disorder and Obesity in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity facts · 2022Pooled it
- Maternal polycystic ovarian syndrome in autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Molecular psychiatry · 2019Pooled it
- Comparison between oral midazolam versus oral ketamine plus midazolam as preanesthetic medication in autism spectrum disorder: double-blind randomized clinical trial.Brazilian journal of anesthesiology (Elsevier)Trial
- Body weight in autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Assortative Mating and Increase in Prevalence and Severity of Autistic Spectrum Disorder in Children-A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- A Narrative Review of Cardiovascular Health in Autistic Individuals: Epidemiologic Evidence, Mechanistic Pathways, and Future Directions.Current epidemiology reports · 2026Review
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- The Views of Adult Weight Management Dietitians on Service Provision for People With Obesity and Severe Mental Illness and/or Learning Disability: A Qualitative Study.Nutrition bulletin · 2025Article
- Associations between neurodivergence, learning disabilities and metabolic syndrome risk: evidence from the Health Survey for England.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Weight status of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A cross-sectional analysis of primary care electronic medical records and linked health administrative datasets in Ontario, Canada.Pediatric obesity · 2025Article
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- Association between dyslexia and overweight/obesity among Chinese children: findings from a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Risk of physical health comorbidities in autistic adults: clinical nested cross-sectional study.BJPsych open · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review of the Intersectionality of Autism and Intellectual and Developmental Disability with Social Inequity on Diagnosis and Treatment of Youth.Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology · 2024Article
- The odds of having obesity in Egyptian children with autism spectrum disorders is higher than stunting compared to healthy developing peers: a national survey.BMC pediatrics · 2024Article
- Neophobia, sensory experience and child's schemata contribute to food choices.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Review
- Assessment Methods for Problematic Eating Behaviors in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2024Article
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Obesity, overweight and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) remain serious public health problems. Although lots of studies have recently explored the association among obesity, overweight and ASD, the findings are inconsistent. Thus, we conducted a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies to examine the association among obesity, overweight and ASD. PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library were used for literature searches to identify eligible studies published in English before November 15, 2016. Relevant studies estimating the association among obesity, overweight and ASD were included. Fifteen studies encompassing 49,937,078 participants and 1,045,538 individuals with ASD were included in this study. A random effects model was chosen to synthesize the effect sizes of individual studies. The prevalence of obesity was significantly higher in individuals with ASD than in controls (OR = 1.84, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.37-2.48, P < 0.001). However, the prevalence of overweight in individuals with ASD was not significantly different from that in controls (OR = 1.07, 95% CI: 0.83-1.38, P = 0.62). Both sensitivity analysis and publication bias testing revealed that the findings were robust. The meta-analysis showed a significant association between obesity and ASD. However, no significant association was identified between overweight and ASD.
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