Healthy-Weight Kindergarten Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder May Become Overweight and Obese during the First Few Years of Elementary School

• Main Authors: Misha Eliasziw, PhD (Author), Tanja V.E. Kral, PhD (Author), Mary Segal, PhD (Author), Linmarie Sikich, MD (Author), Sarah Phillips, MS, MPH (Author), David J. Tybor, PhD (Author), Linda G. Bandini, PhD (Author), Carol Curtin, PhD (Author), Aviva Must, PhD (Author)
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• Published: Elsevier, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Analysis of a population-based, nationally-representative longitudinal sample from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 identified an increase in healthy-weight children with autism spectrum disorder becoming overweight and obese between first and second grade, thus...