Nutritional status survey of children with autism and typically developing children aged 4–6 years in Heilongjiang Province, China
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disability that may affect nutritional management of children with autism. This study aimed to compare the nutritional status of children with autism with that of typically developing children (aged 4–6 years) in China. Nutritional status was assessed by means of nutri...
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pubmed-41530362014-09-04 Nutritional status survey of children with autism and typically developing children aged 4–6 years in Heilongjiang Province, China Sun, Caihong Xia, Wei Zhao, Yan Li, Nannan Zhao, Dong Wu, Lijie Dietary Surveys and Nutritional Epidemiology Autism is a neurodevelopmental disability that may affect nutritional management of children with autism. This study aimed to compare the nutritional status of children with autism with that of typically developing children (aged 4–6 years) in China. Nutritional status was assessed by means of nutritional data, anthropometric data, biochemical assessment, physical examination for nutrient deficiencies and providing a questionnaire to parents. A total of fifty-three children with autism and fifty-three typically developing children were enrolled in this study. The parents were asked to complete the questionnaire regarding the eating behaviour and gastrointestinal symptoms of their children. They were also asked to provide a 3 d food diary. Children with autism exhibited several abnormalities in terms of eating behaviour and gastrointestinal symptoms. The levels of vitamins A and B6, Zn and Ca intakes were <80 % of the dietary reference intakes in both groups. In addition, the proportions of vitamin C and Ca intake deficiencies in the autism group were significantly higher than those in the control group. Serum Zn level was less than the normal reference range in both the groups. Serum Ca, vitamin A and folate levels in children with autism were significantly lower when compared with children without autism. According to the anthropometric data, the mean BMI, weight-for-height Z-score (ZWH) and BMI for age Z-score (ZBMIA) of children with autism were significantly higher than those of the typically developing children. Thus, nutritional inadequacies were observed in children with autism and typically developing children in China, which were, however, more pronounced among children with autism. Cambridge University Press 2013-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC4153036/ /pubmed/25191564 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jns.2013.9 Text en © The Author(s) 2013 The online version of this article is published within an Open Access environment subject to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/>. The written permission of Cambridge University Press must be obtained for commercial re-use. |
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Sun, Caihong Xia, Wei Zhao, Yan Li, Nannan Zhao, Dong Wu, Lijie Nutritional status survey of children with autism and typically developing children aged 4–6 years in Heilongjiang Province, China |
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Sun, Caihong Xia, Wei Zhao, Yan Li, Nannan Zhao, Dong Wu, Lijie |
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Nutritional status survey of children with autism and typically developing
children aged 4–6 years in Heilongjiang Province, China |
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Nutritional status survey of children with autism and typically developing
children aged 4–6 years in Heilongjiang Province, China |
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Nutritional status survey of children with autism and typically developing
children aged 4–6 years in Heilongjiang Province, China |
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Nutritional status survey of children with autism and typically developing
children aged 4–6 years in Heilongjiang Province, China |
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Nutritional status survey of children with autism and typically developing
children aged 4–6 years in Heilongjiang Province, China |
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nutritional status survey of children with autism and typically developing
children aged 4–6 years in heilongjiang province, china |
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Autism is a neurodevelopmental disability that may affect nutritional management of
children with autism. This study aimed to compare the nutritional status of children with
autism with that of typically developing children (aged 4–6 years) in China. Nutritional
status was assessed by means of nutritional data, anthropometric data, biochemical
assessment, physical examination for nutrient deficiencies and providing a questionnaire
to parents. A total of fifty-three children with autism and fifty-three typically
developing children were enrolled in this study. The parents were asked to complete the
questionnaire regarding the eating behaviour and gastrointestinal symptoms of their
children. They were also asked to provide a 3 d food diary. Children with autism exhibited
several abnormalities in terms of eating behaviour and gastrointestinal symptoms. The
levels of vitamins A and B6, Zn and Ca intakes were <80 % of the dietary
reference intakes in both groups. In addition, the proportions of vitamin C and Ca intake
deficiencies in the autism group were significantly higher than those in the control
group. Serum Zn level was less than the normal reference range in both the groups. Serum
Ca, vitamin A and folate levels in children with autism were significantly lower when
compared with children without autism. According to the anthropometric data, the mean BMI,
weight-for-height Z-score (ZWH) and BMI for
age Z-score (ZBMIA) of children with autism
were significantly higher than those of the typically developing children. Thus,
nutritional inadequacies were observed in children with autism and typically developing
children in China, which were, however, more pronounced among children with autism. |
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