title: [Frequency of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents with autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the frequency of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and their parents, in comparison with children and adolescents without developmental disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Anthropometric measures were obtained in 69 outpatients with ASD (8.4±4.2 years old), 23 with ADHD (8.5±2.4) and 19 controls without developmental disorders (8.6±2.9) between August and November 2014. Parents of patients with ASD and ADHD also had their anthropometric parameters taken. Overweight was defined as a percentile ≥85; obesity as a percentile ≥95; and underweight as a percentile ≤5. For adults, overweight was defined as a BMI between 25 and 30kg/m(2) and obesity as a BMI higher than 30kg/m(2).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children and adolescents with ASD and ADHD had higher BMI percentile (p<0.01) and z-score (p<0.01) than controls, and increased frequency of overweight and obesity (p=0.04). Patients with ASD and ADHD did not differ between them in these variables, nor regarding abdominal circumference. Parents of children with ASD and ADHD did not differ between themselves.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Children and adolescents with ASD and ADHD are at a higher risk of overweight and obesity than children without developmental problems in the community.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil. Electronic address: r2kummer@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kummer
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Izabela Guimarães
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Governador Valadares, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: David Henrique
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Governador Valadares, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Natália Pessoa
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Governador Valadares, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Marianna da Silva
authors.initials: Mda S
authors.lastname: Rafael
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Governador Valadares, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Larissa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pfeilsticker
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Governador Valadares, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Simões E
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Governador Valadares, MG, Brasil.
authors.forename: Antônio Lúcio
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Teixeira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000150:complications*; D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000150:complications; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D010290:Parents; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence
keywords: Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder; Austistic disorder; Obesidade pediátrica; Overweight; Pediatric obesity; Sobrepeso; Transtorno autístico; Transtorno do déficit de atenção e hiperatividade