Prevalência de excesso de peso e obesidade em pessoas com transtorno do espectro autista

uma revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

The body mass index is the person's weight in kilograms divided by the height in meters squared, the BMI can indicate overweight or obesity, if the BMI is 25.0 to <30, a person is within the excess range weight and if the BMI is 30.0 or higher, it falls within the obese range, obesity can be divided into three classes, being Class 1 when BMI is 30 to <35, class 2 when BMI is 35 to < 40 and class 3, when the BMI is 40 or above, class 3 obesity is sometimes classified as extreme or severe obesity. Obesity and excessive weight gain have been a public health problem in many countries and some research indicates that obesity is the second leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States, second only to smoking. Many studies point out that physical inactivity, deficits in social interaction, sedentary behavior, are related to the increased risk of obesity and excessive weight gain in people with autism spectrum disorder, with great chances of gaining weight. The aim of this study was to survey and analyze articles on prevalence and factors that can contribute to obesity, and to gain weight in people with automatic spectrum disorder through data from the Online Library of Pubmed and Wiley. The method used was qualitative-descriptive, using descriptors used obesity and asd, overweight and asd. Eight articles published between 2018 and 2020 were found. Of this total, 4 were cited in some type of study related to the topic of obesity and overweight in people with ASD, 4 were discarded. Weight. / we concluded that more studies should focus on excessive weight gain and obesity in children with autism spectrum disorder.