ArticleFood science & nutrition2026
Prevalence of Malnutrition Among School-Aged Children With and Without Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
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Globally, millions of children live with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), which can raise the risk of malnutrition in children. Data from Saudi Arabia on school-aged children with IDD remain limited. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of malnutrition among school-aged children with and without IDD in Saudi Arabia. This cross-sectional study was conducted during August-December of 2024 at the Child Development Center at University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. School-aged children (5-17 years) with clinician-diagnosed autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Down syndrome (DS), attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or cerebral palsy (CP) and age-matched children without IDD were recruited. Weight and height were measured, and body mass index (BMI) was calculated. WHO Growth Reference 2007 (5-19 years) was used to generate BMI-for-age z-scores (BAZ) and height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) using WHO AnthroPlus; weight-for-age z-scores (WAZ) were computed only for children aged ≤ 10 years. Malnutrition was defined as undernutrition (thinness and/or stunting and/or underweight) and/or overnutrition (overweight and/or obesity). A total of 168 children participated (IDD,
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