Body mass index of children from the United Kingdom diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorders

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 531-533

  Whiteley, Paul ^a   Dodou, Kalliopi ^a   Todd, Lynda ^a   Shattock, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Height; Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD); Weight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 7044247854     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01946.x     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), 4th edn. American Psychiatric Association, Washington DC, USA 1994.
2. Wing L. Autistic spectrum disorders. BMJ 1996; 312: 327-8.
3. Lea A. Assessment of body mass index for the residents of a long-stay institution for people with learning disability. J. Hum. Nutr. Diet. 1999; 12: 141-9.
4. Fisman S, Steele M, Short J, Byrne T, Lavallee C. Case study: anorexia nervosa and autistic disorder in an adolescent girl. J. Am. Acad. Child. Adolesc. Psychiatry 1996; 35: 937-40.
5. Whiteley P, Rodgers J, Shattock P. Commentary. Autism 2000; 4: 207-11.
6. Raiten DJ, Massaro T, Zuckerman C. Vitamin and trace element assessment of autistic and learning disabled children. Nutr. Behav. 1984; 2: 9-17.
7. Freeman JV, Cole TJ, Chin S, Jones PRM, White EM, Preece MI. Cross sectional stature and weight reference curves for the UK, 1990. Arch. Dis. Child. 1995; 73: 17-24.
8. Hammer LD, Kraemer HC, Wilson DM, Ritter PL, Dornbusch SM. Standardized percentile curves of body-mass index for children and adolescents. Am. J. Dis. Child. 1991; 145:259-63.
9. Cole TJ, Freeman JV, Preece MA. Body mass index reference curves for the UK 1990. Arch. Dis. Child. 1995; 73: 25-9.
10. Katoda H. Height and weight of Tokyo school children with and without intellectual handicaps. Ann. Hum. Biol. 1991; 18: 327-9.
11. Hebebrand J, Henninghausen K, Nau S et al. Low body weight in male children and adolescents with schizoid personality disorder or Asperger's disorder. Acta Psychiatr. Scand. 1997; 96: 64-7.
12. Bolte S, Ozkara N, Poustka F. Autism spectrum disorder and low body weight: is there really a systematic association? Int. J. Eat. Disord. 2002; 31: 349-51.
13. Mouridsen SE, Rich B, Isager T. Body mass index in male and female children with infantile autism. Autism 2002; 6: 197-205.
14. Shattock P, Whiteley P, Todd L. Is there an increasing incidence of autism? Evidence and possible explanations. J Child Neurol. (Suppl.) 2002; 17: 29-34.
15. Whiteley P. Developmental, behavioural and somatic factors in pervasive developmental disorders: preliminary analysis. Child Care Health Dev. 2004; 30: 5-11.
16. Lord C, Rutter M, Le Couteur A. Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised: a revised version of a diagnostic interview for caregivers of individuals with possible pervasive developmental disorders. J. Autism Dev. Disord. 1994; 24: 659-85.
17. Cole TJ, Bellizzi MC, Flegal KM, Dietz WH. Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey. BMJ 2000; 320: 1240-3.
18. Fombonne E, Roge B, Claverie J, Courty S, Fremolle J. Microcephaly and macrocephaly in autism. J. Autism Dev. Disord. 1999;29:113-9.
19. Lobstein TJ, James WP, Cole TJ. Increasing levels of excess weight among children in England. Int. J. Obes. Relat. Metab. Disord. 2003; 27: 1136-8.