SynthesisJournal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association2025
Nutritional Status of Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Eating and Sleep Disturbances in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Turkey: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Beyond Food Selectivity: Feeding Problems, Nutritional Status, and Parental Quality of Life in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Dietary Diversity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Feeding Difficulties, and Sensory Issues Related to Eating-A Case-Control Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Body weight in autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Multicomponent Nutritional Support for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Exploratory Pilot Study in Vietnam.Pediatric reports · 2026Article
- Mealtime behaviours, diet quality and parental stress in children with autism spectrum disorder: a cross-sectional study from Türkiye.BMJ paediatrics open · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Calcium and Gut Microbial Composition and Metabolic Pathways in Children with Autism.Metabolites · 2026Article
- Elemental and Isotopic Profiles in Blood and Urine of Jordanian Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Preliminary Comparative Study with Neurotypical Children.Biological trace element research · 2026Article
- Research progress on dietary characteristics and feeding interventions in children with autism spectrum disorder: a narrative review.Translational pediatrics · 2026Review
- Eating Behaviors and Energy and Nutrient Intakes in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder with and Without Sensory Integration Difficulties.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Micronutrient status and dietary patterns among children with autism in Central Vietnam: A cross-sectional baseline survey to inform targeted intervention.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- The Mediating Role of Eating Behaviors Between Autistic Symptoms and Dietary Issues Among Chinese Children With Autism.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
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Abstract
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may impact feeding behaviours, which can affect physical development. We aimed to examine published evidence comparing nutritional status, defined as anthropometry, micronutrient status, and intakes and dietary intake, of children with ASD with those of typically developing children (TDC). Eligibility criteria included any studies that compared nutritional status among children with ASD and TDC. PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus and CENTRAL were searched. We used standardized mean difference (SMD) as an effect size for continuous variables and risk ratio (RR) for dichotomous variables with a 95% confidence interval (CI). Thirty-two studies with 18,480 children (ASD: 2955, TDC: 15,525) were included in our meta-analysis. Children with ASD were statistically significantly shorter than TDC (SMD: -0.16, 95% CI [-0.28, -0.04], I
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