rvacountrysinger wrote:
What I notice usually (there are ALWAYS exceptions), is that in general, people in autism spectrum disorders tend to either be overweight or underweight, but not commonly "ideal" weight. I know that is not always the case. But its just I notice from watching quite a few online or people I encounter. I am one of those prone to be overweight, yet kind of muscular, which is not common among the autism spectrum. Does this seem to be related to it, or just a coincidence?
At the 2015 IMFAR International Meeting for Autism Research conference, a statistician from Kaiser Permanente discussed how autists are generally overweight, though not too much so. This knowledge came from surveying the anonymized health records of thousands of patients in the Kaiser Permanente health network.
My BMI is 18.4 (underweight), but involves higher health risks than normal. My weight is the result of being the primary caregiver for my 85-year-old mother and doing essentially 16-hour days helping her (think aerobics 24/7/365).